- 上天入地 shàngtiānrùdì to go to great lengthsto go to great lengths; to try everything or search everywhere. This idiom literally means to go up to heaven and down into the earth.
- 上天无路,入地无门 shàngtiānwúlùrùdìwúmén to be trapped in a hopeless situationLiterally "no road to heaven, no door into the earth"; to be at the end of one's rope with no way out of a desperate situation.
- 上天有好生之德 shàngtiānyǒuhàoshēngzhīdé heaven's care for all living things(fixed expression) the idea that the Creator has a kind heart and cares for every living thing; often used to urge others to be compassionate or merciful
- 捧上天 pěngshàngtiān to praise to the skiesto shower someone with excessive praise; to overpraise
- 鸡毛飞上天 jīmáofēishàngtiān to achieve the impossibleUsed to describe a miracle or achieving something that seemed impossible, literally meaning "chicken feathers flying up to the sky"; to do something that has never been done before.