昏天黑地 in English hun1 tian1 hei1 di4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) dark sky and black earth (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically pitch dark
  • to black out
  • disorderly
  • troubled times

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Pinyin

hun1 tian1 hei1 di4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

hun1muddle-headed tian1day hei1abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] di4-ly