天夺之魄 / 天奪之魄

tiān​duó​zhī​pò

imminent doom

Literary metaphor for a person facing imminent death or a great disaster; literally describes a person's soul being taken away by heaven.

天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · God 夺 (literal) → 夺/奪 · duó · to deprive 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 魄 (literal) → 魄 · pò · soul

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:58 PM