a bolt from the blue

a bolt from the blue

A bolt from the blue, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q í ngTi ā NP ī L ì, which means thunder on a clear day. It refers to a sudden and shocking event or disaster. It comes from the poem "Cheng Zhai Ji · Volume 2 11 · people's Day travel on the lake" by Yang Wanli of Song Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Yang Wanli of Song Dynasty wrote the poem "chengzhaiji · Volume 2 11 · people's Day travel on the lake": "jumping on the snow mountain on the ground, thunderbolt under the clear sky." Lu You, Song Dynasty, wrote a poem "four days and nights before a rooster crows:" when a free man is ill in autumn, he suddenly gets drunk. As long as the Dragon stung, the sky flies thunderbolt

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type; as subject, object and attribute; derogatory deixis

Examples of Idioms

Bing Xin's Lao She and the children: "it's a cry to me. How can such a dynamic person die?"

Discrimination of words

[synonym] disaster comes from the sky [antonym] is common [lantern riddle] a bolt from the blue