a murky sky over a dark earth(tiān hūn dì àn)

a murky sky over a dark earth

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is ti ā NH ū nd ì n, which means that the sky and the earth are dark and dark. It describes the scene when the wind blows. It also refers to political corruption and social darkness. It's from Long Yi.

Notes on Idioms

Faint: it's dark.

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu's poem "the Dragon moves" in Tang Dynasty: "the sky is dim and the earth is dark, the Dragon moves, the thunder startles and the electricity excites the male and female to follow."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. Example: in the poem of Xuzhou daozhong written by Wen Tianxiang of Song Dynasty: "at one time, there are 400000 scuffles, the sky is dim and the earth is dark, and Sui Shui Mei is in danger. But when the wind blows and the sand loses the day, it is not the day but the earth Shi Naian, Ming Dynasty Chapter 60 of the complete story of the Water Margin. The second volume of Wu Wang's Pinghua: the sun broke the prince, and he felt that the sky was dark, the sun and the moon were dark, the sky was thunderous, and the fog was long. In Wu Yunduo's "giving everything to the party, the beginning of labor", it is said that "the storm is wrapped in snow and coal dust, which makes the sky dark." The fifth chapter of journey to the West: "it's too early to see the sky will be too late. The demon held a long gun and said, "Wukong, you live. It's not a time to gamble. " The hundredth chapter of Dangkou Zhi: "the fierce fighting in this area has made the sky dark and the earth dark, and the mountains shake." In the fifth chapter of the scholars, he said, "I am dishevelled, rolling all over the ground, crying in darkness." Tao Xingzhi's manifesto on the creation of Rural Kindergartens: "take a look at rural life. When farmers are busy, housewives are even busier." Paragraph 5 of Lao She's Er Ma: "one street represents the concession, and one street represents Chinatown. The former is clean, beautiful and orderly; the latter is dirty, chaotic and dark

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] dark sky, dark sky [antonym] clear sky, fine wind and beautiful day

Chinese PinYin : tiān hūn dì àn