天昏地暗

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	muddle-headed; twilight; to faint muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret
simp. and trad. (天昏地暗)		天	昏	地	暗
Literally: “murky heavens over a dark eath”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānhūndì'àn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄏㄨㄣㄉㄧˋ ㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ fan¹ dei⁶ am³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānhūndì'àn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄏㄨㄣㄉㄧˋ ㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianhuendihann
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianhundì'àn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ xwən⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ fan¹ dei⁶ am³
  - Yale: tīn fān deih am
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ fan¹ dei⁶ am³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ fen¹ déi⁶ em³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵ tei̯²² ɐm³³/

Idiom

天昏地暗

Synonyms

天昏地黑

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