cóng​tiān'ér​jiàng

to fall from the sky

  • created sense approved 从天而降/從天而降 · cóng​tiān'ér​jiàng · to fall from the sky — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    从天而降 / 從天而降

    cóng​tiān'ér​jiàng

    to fall from the sky

    to descend from the heavens; to drop from the sky

    从 (literal) → 从/從 · cóng · from 天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · sky 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 降 (literal) → 降 · jiàng · to fall

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 从天而降/從天而降 · cóng​tiān'ér​jiàng · to appear out of the blue — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    从天而降 / 從天而降

    cóng​tiān'ér​jiàng

    to appear out of the blue

    (idiom) to happen suddenly and unexpectedly; to appear out of nowhere, as if by miracle

    从 (literal) → 从/從 · cóng · from 天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · sky 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 降 (literal) → 降 · jiàng · to fall

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense