Meaning of 晴天霹雳
晴天霹雳 means a bolt from the blue; a sudden and unexpected disaster or shocking event. Pronounced qíng tiān pī lì.
- a bolt from the blue; a sudden and unexpected disaster or shocking event
Definitions & Examples
Fù父
qīn亲
tū突
rán然
lí离
shì世
de的
xiāo消
xī息
yóu犹
rú如
qíng晴
tiān天
pī霹
lì雳
，
ràng让
tā他
yī一
shí时
wú无
fǎ法
jiē接
shòu受
。
The news of his father's sudden passing hit him like a bolt from the blue, and he couldn't accept it for a while.
Tīng听
dào到
zì自
jǐ己
bèi被
jiě解
gù雇
de的
xiāo消
xī息
，
tā他
gǎn感
jué觉
rú如
tóng同
qíng晴
tiān天
pī霹
lì雳
。
Hearing the news that he had been fired felt like a thunderbolt striking him.
Zhè这
chǎng场
tū突
rú如
qí其
lái来
de的
zāi灾
nán难
duì对
zhěng整
gè个
cūn村
zhuāng庄
lái来
shuō说
jiǎn简
zhí直
shì是
qíng晴
tiān天
pī霹
lì雳
。
This sudden catastrophe was nothing short of a bolt from the blue for the entire village.