遮天蔽日

Chinese

		cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide; to conceal	day; sky; heaven	to cover; to shield; to screen to cover; to shield; to screen; to conceal	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
trad. (遮天蔽日)		遮	天	蔽	日
simp. #(遮天蔽日)		遮	天	蔽	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhētiānbìrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄅㄧˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹ tin¹ bai³ jat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhētiānbìrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄅㄧˋ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhetianbìrìh
    • Wade–Giles: chê¹-tʻien¹-pi⁴-jih⁴
    • Yale: jē-tyān-bì-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jetianbihryh
    • Palladius: чжэтяньбижи (čžɛtjanʹbiži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze¹ tin¹ bai³ jat⁶
    • Yale: jē tīn bai yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹ tin¹ bai³ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé¹ tin¹ bei³ yed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ pɐi̯³³ jɐt̚²/

Idiom

遮天蔽日

1. extremely strong and vast