Dictionary/晴天霹雳

晴天霹雳 晴天霹靂

qíng tiān pī lì

ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄆㄧ ㄌㄧˋ
Idiom
1lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom)
2fig. a bolt from the blue

Characters

晴天霹雳

Examples

qíng tiān pī lì晴天霹雳。
晴天霹雳。
It was like a bolt out of the blue.
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!