晴天霹雳 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 晴天霹靂 qíngtiānpīlì ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄆㄧ ㄌㄧˋ lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom) fig. a bolt from the blue Character by character 晴(qíng)clear 天(tiān)day 霹(pī) 雳(lì) Other words read qíngtiānpīlì qingtianpili with other tones 青天霹雳 A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0