"天昏地暗" meaning in All languages combined

See 天昏地暗 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀän⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /tʰiːn⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵ tei̯²² ɐm³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xu̯ən⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀän⁵¹/, /tʰiːn⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵ tei̯²² ɐm³³/ Chinese transliterations: tiānhūndì'àn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄣ ㄉㄧˋ ㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], tin¹ fan¹ dei⁶ am³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], tiānhūndì'àn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄊㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄣ ㄉㄧˋ ㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], tianhundì-àn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tʻien¹-hun¹-ti⁴-an⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], tyān-hwūn-dì-àn [Mandarin, Yale, standard], tianhuendihann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], тяньхуньдиань [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], tjanʹxunʹdianʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], tīn fān deih am [Cantonese, Yale], tin¹ fan¹ dei⁶ am³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], tin¹ fen¹ déi⁶ em³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 天昏地暗
  1. dark all round; gloom Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-天昏地暗-zh-phrase-rp3kUfE9 Categories (other): Chinese chengyu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese chengyu: 93 7 0 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 0
  2. state of chaos and despair Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-天昏地暗-zh-phrase-ByE7RKZU
  3. to an extreme degree; like hell Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-天昏地暗-zh-phrase-COqa3Bra
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 天昏地黑
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      "zh-pron": "тяньхуньдиань"
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      "zh-pron": "tjanʹxunʹdianʹ"
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      "zh-pron": "tianhundì-àn"
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      "zh-pron": "tʻien¹-hun¹-ti⁴-an⁴"
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