上天下地

Chinese

		Heaven; God; the sky above	to go to the fields; to leave a sickbed
trad. (上天下地)		上天	下地
simp. #(上天下地)		上天	下地
Literally: “to ascend the heaven or to descend to earth”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngtiānxiàdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ tin¹ haa⁶ dei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngtiānxiàdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngtiansiàdì
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-tʻien¹-hsia⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: shàng-tyān-syà-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqtianshiahdih
    • Palladius: шантяньсяди (šantjanʹsjadi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ tin¹ haa⁶ dei⁶
    • Yale: séuhng tīn hah deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ tin¹ haa⁶ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ tin¹ ha⁶ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ tʰiːn⁵⁵ haː²² tei̯²²/

Idiom

上天下地

1. everywhere
2. to leave no stones unturned; to spare no efforts