山崩地裂

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Chinese

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mountain; hill collapse; fall into ruins
earth; ground; field
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
 
crack; split
trad. (山崩地裂)
simp. #(山崩地裂)
Literally: “The mountains collapse and the earth splits open.”

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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山崩地裂

  1. describes how a place looks after a great natural catastrophe; massively destructive
  2. describes when a large problem or major incident occurs; uproarious; riotous; outrageous
  3. describes something that has prestige and is imposing; awesome

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