橫空出世
Chinese
to arch across the sky; to fill the atmosphere; to be covering the sky | |||
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trad. (橫空出世) | 橫空 | 出世 | |
simp. (横空出世) | 横空 | 出世 |
Etymology
From the 1935 poem 《念奴嬌·昆侖》 by Mao Zedong.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄨ ㄕˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: héngkongchushìh
- Wade–Giles: hêng2-kʻung1-chʻu1-shih4
- Yale: héng-kūng-chū-shr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: herngkongchushyh
- Palladius: хэнкунчуши (xɛnkunčuši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɤŋ³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 橫空出世
- to appear suddenly; to appear out of the ordinary; to be spectacular