"上窮碧落下黃泉" meaning in Chinese

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        "1": "上 窮 碧落 下 黃泉，兩 處 茫茫 皆 不 見。",
        "2": "The priest searched thoroughly up in the blue beyond, as well as down in the Yellow Springs below the earth, but did not spot her (Yang Guifei) in the vastness of either place.",
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      "expansion": "上窮碧落下黃泉，兩處茫茫皆不見。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]上穷碧落下黄泉，两处茫茫皆不见。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: 806 CE, Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret\nShàng qióng bìluò xià huángquán, liǎng chù mángmáng jiē bù jiàn. [Pinyin]\nThe priest searched thoroughly up in the blue beyond, as well as down in the Yellow Springs below the earth, but did not spot her (Yang Guifei) in the vastness of either place.",
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          "ref": "乃見桂英披髮仗劍，指罵：「王魁負義漢，我上窮碧落下黃泉，尋汝不見，汝卻在此。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "乃见桂英披发仗剑，指骂：「王魁负义汉，我上穷碧落下黄泉，寻汝不见，汝却在此。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Southern Song, 羅燁 (Luo Ye), 《醉翁談錄·卷二·王魁負心桂英死報》\nNǎi jiàn Guìyīng pīfà zhàngjiàn, zhǐmà: “Wáng Kuí fùyìhàn, wǒ shàng qióng bìluò xià huángquán, xún rǔ bùjiàn, rǔ què zài cǐ.” [Pinyin]",
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          "text": "我们不是读书的人，我们只是上穷碧落下黄泉，动手动脚找东西。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1928, Fu Ssu-nien, 《歷史語言研究所工作之旨趣》 [The Aims of Founding the Institute of History and Philology]\nWǒmen bùshì dúshū de rén, wǒmen zhǐshì shàng qióng bìluò xià huángquán, dòngshǒudòngjiǎo zhǎo dōngxī. [Pinyin]",
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      "zh-pron": "sêng⁶ kung⁴ big¹ log⁶ ha⁶ wong⁴ qun⁴"
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      "ipa": "/sœːŋ²² kʰʊŋ²¹ pɪk̚⁵ lɔːk̚² haː²² wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹/",
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  "word": "上窮碧落下黃泉"
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        "1": "上 窮 碧落 下 黃泉，兩 處 茫茫 皆 不 見。",
        "2": "The priest searched thoroughly up in the blue beyond, as well as down in the Yellow Springs below the earth, but did not spot her (Yang Guifei) in the vastness of either place.",
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          "text": "乃见桂英披发仗剑，指骂：「王魁负义汉，我上穷碧落下黄泉，寻汝不见，汝却在此。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Southern Song, 羅燁 (Luo Ye), 《醉翁談錄·卷二·王魁負心桂英死報》\nNǎi jiàn Guìyīng pīfà zhàngjiàn, zhǐmà: “Wáng Kuí fùyìhàn, wǒ shàng qióng bìluò xià huángquán, xún rǔ bùjiàn, rǔ què zài cǐ.” [Pinyin]",
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          "text": "我们不是读书的人，我们只是上穷碧落下黄泉，动手动脚找东西。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1928, Fu Ssu-nien, 《歷史語言研究所工作之旨趣》 [The Aims of Founding the Institute of History and Philology]\nWǒmen bùshì dúshū de rén, wǒmen zhǐshì shàng qióng bìluò xià huángquán, dòngshǒudòngjiǎo zhǎo dōngxī. [Pinyin]",
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      "zh-pron": "šan cjun bilo sja xuancjuanʹ"
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      "ipa": "/sœːŋ²² kʰʊŋ²¹ pɪk̚⁵ lɔːk̚² haː²² wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹/",
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