鋪天蓋地

See also: 铺天盖地

Chinese

		a bed; a store; to spread	day; sky; heaven	cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (鋪天蓋地)		鋪	天	蓋	地
simp. (铺天盖地)		铺	天	盖	地
Literally: “hiding the sky and covering the earth”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pūtiāngàidì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄞˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou¹ tin¹ goi³ dei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pūtiāngàidì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄞˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: putiangàidì
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu¹-tʻien¹-kai⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: pū-tyān-gài-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: putiangaydih
    • Palladius: путяньгайди (putjanʹgajdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou¹ tin¹ goi³ dei⁶
    • Yale: pōu tīn goi deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou¹ tin¹ goi³ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou¹ tin¹ goi³ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ kɔːi̯³³ tei̯²²/

Idiom

鋪天蓋地

1. to flood in; earth-shattering; to be omnipresent; everywhere