天上掉餡餅

Chinese

		in the sky; the heavens	to drop; to fall	xianbing
trad. (天上掉餡餅)		天上	掉	餡餅
simp. (天上掉馅饼)		天上	掉	馅饼
Literally: “a stuffed Chinese pancake falls from the sky”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānshàng diào xiànbǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānshàng diào xiànbǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianshàng diào siànbǐng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-shang⁴ tiao⁴ hsien⁴-ping³
    • Yale: tyān-shàng dyàu syàn-bǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianshanq diaw shiannbiing
    • Palladius: тяньшан дяо сяньбин (tjanʹšan djao sjanʹbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

天上掉餡餅

1. (figurative) to have something fall into one's lap