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lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering · omnipresent · of universal importance

遮天蔽日
zhē tiān bì rì
zh+ē·1st tonet+iān·1st toneb+ì·4th toner+ì·4th tone
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(lit.) eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom) · (fig.) arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive铺天盖地pū tiān gài dì
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