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天崩地裂

tiānbēngdìliè

heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval

Character Breakdown

天
tiān
sky, heaven; god, celestial
HSK 1
崩
bēng
to rupture, to split apart; to collapse; death, demise
HSK 6
地
de
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
HSK 3
裂
liè
to split, to rend; crevice, crack
HSK 6

Additional Information

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Chinese
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