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青天霹雳

qīng tiān pī lì

4-character word Traditional 青天霹靂

What 青天霹雳 means

1. (lit.) thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom)
2. (fig.) a bolt from the blue

The characters in 青天霹雳

• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 霹pīused in 霹雳
• 雳lìused in 霹雳

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