"從天而降" meaning in Chinese

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Phrase

IPA: /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ jiː²¹ kɔːŋ³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 从天而降 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 從天而降
  1. to happen all of a sudden; to happen out of the blue; to come out of nowhere Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 自天而下 (zìtiān'érxià)
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "从天而降",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      },
      "expansion": "從天而降",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to drop from the sky",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to happen all of a sudden; to happen out of the blue; to come out of nowhere"
      ],
      "id": "en-從天而降-zh-phrase-mIkxiYDS",
      "links": [
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "all of a sudden",
          "all of a sudden"
        ],
        [
          "out of the blue",
          "out of the blue"
        ],
        [
          "come out of nowhere",
          "come out of nowhere"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "zìtiān'érxià",
          "word": "自天而下"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cóngtiān'érjiàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄦˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cung⁴ tin¹ ji⁴ gong³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cóngtiān'érjiàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄦˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cóngtian-érjiàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsʻung²-tʻien¹-êrh²-chiang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsúng-tyān-ér-jyàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsorngtianerljianq"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuntjanʹerczjan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цунтяньэрцзян"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cung⁴ tin¹ ji⁴ gong³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chùhng tīn yìh gong"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsung⁴ tin¹ ji⁴ gong³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cung⁴ tin¹ yi⁴ gong³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ jiː²¹ kɔːŋ³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "從天而降"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "从天而降",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "從天而降",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to drop from the sky",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 天",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 從",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 而",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 降",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to happen all of a sudden; to happen out of the blue; to come out of nowhere"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "all of a sudden",
          "all of a sudden"
        ],
        [
          "out of the blue",
          "out of the blue"
        ],
        [
          "come out of nowhere",
          "come out of nowhere"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cóngtiān'érjiàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄦˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cung⁴ tin¹ ji⁴ gong³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cóngtiān'érjiàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄦˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cóngtian-érjiàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsʻung²-tʻien¹-êrh²-chiang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsúng-tyān-ér-jyàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsorngtianerljianq"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuntjanʹerczjan",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цунтяньэрцзян"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cung⁴ tin¹ ji⁴ gong³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chùhng tīn yìh gong"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsung⁴ tin¹ ji⁴ gong³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cung⁴ tin¹ yi⁴ gong³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵ jiː²¹ kɔːŋ³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zìtiān'érxià",
      "word": "自天而下"
    }
  ],
  "word": "從天而降"
}

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