with one's face towards the sky(yǎng miàn cháo tiān)

with one's face towards the sky

Face up, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y à ngmi à NCH á OTI à n, which means lying face up or falling back. From the three heroes and five righteousness.

The origin of Idioms

The 49th chapter of "three heroes and five righteousness" written by Shi Yukun in Qing Dynasty: "Jiang Fan stepped back a few steps, and he could not help but lay down on his back."

Idiom usage

Fall down after pointing to. example with a sound of Li Bao, he leaned back and lay on the ground. The 39th chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "who knows, Dongqi was burned down and fell down, and Wei Yu fell to the ground and fell face up to the sky."

Chinese PinYin : yǎng miàn cháo tiān