天打雷劈

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	thunder	split in two; divide; hack split in two; divide; hack; chop; split open
trad. (天打雷劈)		天	打	雷	劈
simp. #(天打雷劈)		天	打	雷	劈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiāndǎléipī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄟˊ ㄆㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ daa² leoi⁴ pek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiāndǎléipī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄟˊ ㄆㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiandǎléipi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-ta³-lei²-pʻi¹
    • Yale: tyān-dǎ-léi-pī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiandaaleipi
    • Palladius: тяньдалэйпи (tjanʹdalɛjpi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ leɪ̯³⁵ pʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ daa² leoi⁴ pek³
    • Yale: tīn dá lèuih pek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ daa² loey⁴ pek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ da² lêu⁴ pég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ taː³⁵ lɵy̯²¹ pʰɛːk̚³/

Idiom

天打雷劈

1. to be struck by lightning as punishment from Heaven (an expression often used in curses or pledges)

   • 賈瑞道：「我在嫂子面前，若有一句謊話，天打雷劈！」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     贾瑞道：「我在嫂子面前，若有一句谎话，天打雷劈！」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Gǔ Ruì dào: “Wǒ zài sǎozi miànqián, ruò yǒu yī jù huǎnghuà, tiāndǎléipī!” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)