自天而下

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	day; sky; heaven	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (自天而下)		自	天	而	下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìtiān'érxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ tin¹ ji⁴ haa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìtiān'érxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhtian-érsià
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-tʻien¹-êrh²-hsia⁴
    • Yale: dz̀-tyān-ér-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhtianerlshiah
    • Palladius: цзытяньэрся (czytjanʹersja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ tin¹ ji⁴ haa⁶
    • Yale: jih tīn yìh hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ tin¹ ji⁴ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ tin¹ yi⁴ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² tʰiːn⁵⁵ jiː²¹ haː²²/

Idiom

自天而下

1. to happen all of a sudden; to happen out of the blue; to come out of nowhere

Synonyms

• 從天而降／从天而降 (cóngtiān'érjiàng)