天外飛來一筆

See also: 天外飞来一笔

Chinese

			to fly	to come
trad. (天外飛來一筆)		天外	飛	來	一筆
simp. (天外飞来一笔)		天外	飞	来	一笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānwài fēi lái yībǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄞˋ ㄈㄟ ㄌㄞˊ ㄧ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ ngoi⁶ fei¹ loi⁴ jat¹ bat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānwài fēi lái yībǐ [Phonetic: tiānwài fēi lái yìbǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄞˋ ㄈㄟ ㄌㄞˊ ㄧ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianwài fei lái yibǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-wai⁴ fei¹ lai² i¹-pi³
    • Yale: tyān-wài fēi lái yī-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianway fei lai ibii
    • Palladius: тяньвай фэй лай иби (tjanʹvaj fɛj laj ibi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ ngoi⁶ fei¹ loi⁴ jat¹ bat¹
    • Yale: tīn ngoih fēi lòih yāt bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ ngoi⁶ fei¹ loi⁴ jat⁷ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ngoi⁶ féi¹ loi⁴ yed¹ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ ŋɔːi̯²² fei̯⁵⁵ lɔːi̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

天外飛來一筆

1. to insert a sentence into a place where it is completely unrelated to what came before or after it; to say or do something out of left field

   • 面對大老板天外飛來一筆的決策，常令人無所適從，基層員工該如何應變？ [MSC, trad.]
     面对大老板天外飞来一笔的决策，常令人无所适从，基层员工该如何应变？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2006: anon, 高层主管的决定不实用怎么办 (What to do when a decision by senior management is not practical)

     Miànduì dàlǎobǎn tiānwàifēiláiyībǐ de juécè, cháng lìngrén wúsuǒshìcóng, jīcéng yuángōng gāi rúhé yìngbiàn? [Pinyin]

     People who are faced with a policy from the big boss that comes out of left field are often at a loss as to what to do. How is a low level employee to respond?