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

to search everywhere

  • created sense approved 上穷碧落下黄泉/上窮碧落下黃泉 · shàng​qióng​bì​luò​xià​huáng​quán · to search everywhere — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    上穷碧落下黄泉 / 上窮碧落下黃泉

    shàng​qióng​bì​luò​xià​huáng​quán

    to search everywhere

    To search up into the highest heavens and down into the deepest underworld; to leave no stone unturned in an exhaustive search. From a line in the Tang dynasty poem "Song of Everlasting Regret" by Bai Juyi.

    上 (literal) → 上 · shàng · to go up 穷 (literal) → 穷/窮 · qióng · to exhaust 碧落 (literal) → 碧落 · bì​luò · the sky 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · to descend 黄泉 (literal) → 黄泉/黃泉 · huáng​quán · the underworld

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    created sense