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铺天盖地

pū tiān gài dì

4-character word Traditional 鋪天蓋地

What 铺天盖地 means

1. (lit.) eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom)
2. (fig.) arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive

The characters in 铺天盖地

• 铺pūto spread; to display; to set up
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 盖gàilid; top; cover
• 地dìearth; ground; field

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