上穷碧落下黄泉
shàng​qióng​bì​luò​xià​huáng​quán

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  1. 上 shàng particleverb
    to go up
    to climb; to board a vehicle; to mount; to go to a place
  2. 穷 窮 qióng adjective
    to exhaust
    to use up; to exhaust; to pursue to the limit; to reach the end of something
  3. 碧落 bì​luò
    the sky
    (literary) the blue sky; the firmament; in Taoist belief, the highest heaven in the east where blue clouds spread
  4. 下 xià verb
    to descend
    to go down; to get off or out of a vehicle; to leave a stage or field; to go towards a place (often southwards or towards the grassroots)
  5. 黄泉 黃泉 huáng​quán
    the underworld
    (literary) the Yellow Springs; the realm of the dead in Chinese mythology, similar to Hades or the netherworld