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simp晴天霹雳

cing4 tin1 pik1 lik1qíng tiān pī lì

English

lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom)
fig. a bolt from the blue
something shocking/unusual happens suddenly;a bolt from the blue; literally: thunder from a clear sky

粵語 — Cantonese

喺好天時突然行雷，比喻突發嘅驚人事件

Examples

晴天霹雳。
It was like a bolt out of the blue.
Tatoeba · ruicong CC BY
你为什么要唤我起来，告诉我如此晴天霹雳的消息? 现在你教我如何认真工作?
Why did you wake me up to tell me something that big? Now, I'll never be able to concentrate on my work!
Tatoeba · sirpoot CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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