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): ㄊㄧㄢㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄥˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānshàng diào xiànbǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄕㄤˋ 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

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

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