铺天盖地

Traditional: 鋪天蓋地

pū tiān gài dì

Dictionary entry

(lit.) eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom)

What does 铺天盖地 mean?

铺天盖地 (pū tiān gài dì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom)

2(fig.) arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive

Character breakdown

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铺pùvariant of 鋪|铺[pu4] · store 天tiānday · sky 盖Gěsurname Ge 地de-ly · structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

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铺天盖地

pū tiān gài dì

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