呼天搶地

Chinese

			to hit the ground
trad. (呼天搶地)		呼天	搶地
simp. (呼天抢地)		呼天	抢地

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hūtiān-qiāngdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄉㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hūtiān-qiāngdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hutianciangdì
    • Wade–Giles: hu¹-tʻien¹-chʻiang¹-ti⁴
    • Yale: hū-tyān-chyāng-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hutianchiangdih
    • Palladius: хутяньцянди (xutjanʹcjandi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 呼天搶地

1. to cry bitterly and loudly in excessive grief