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
- 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
天上掉餡餅
- (figurative) to have something fall into one's lap