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霹雳

pī lì

2-character word Traditional 霹靂

What 霹雳 means

1. thunderclap
2. slangawesome; shocking; terrifying

Other readings

霹雳 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Pī lìPerak (state of Malaysia)

The characters in 霹雳

• 霹pīused in 霹雳
• 雳lìused in 霹雳

Example sentences

• 晴天霹雳。
  Qíngtiānpīlì.
  It was like a bolt out of the blue.
• 你为什么要唤我起来，告诉我如此晴天霹雳的消息? 现在你教我如何认真工作?
  Nǐ wèishénme yào huàn wǒ qǐlai, gàosu wǒ rúcǐ qíngtiānpīlì de xiāoxi? xiànzài nǐ jiāo wǒ rúhé rènzhēn gōngzuò?
  Why did you wake me up to tell me something that big? Now, I'll never be able to concentrate on my work!
• 你为什幺要唤我起来，告诉我如此晴天霹雳的消息? 现在你教我如何认真工作?
  Why did you wake me up to tell me something that big? Now, I'll never be able to concentrate on my work!

Words starting with 霹雳

• 霹雳舞pī lì wǔto breakdance; breakdancing
• 霹雳啪啦pī lì pā lāsee 噼里啪啦

Words containing 霹雳

• 晴天霹雳qíng tiān pī lìlit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); fig. a bolt from the blue
• 列缺霹雳liè quē pī lìlightning and thunder
• 青天霹雳qīng tiān pī lì(lit.) thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); (fig.) a bolt from the blue