blot out the sky and cover the sun(zhē kōng bì rì)

blot out the sky and cover the sun

Cover up the sky, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zheti āì RI, meaning to cover the sky and the sun. It is used to describe things with large volume, large quantity or grand momentum. From the water margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The eighty third chapter of Water Margin written by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty: "from a distance, we can see that Liao soldiers are covering the land, and black holes are blocking the sky and the sun. They are all soap carved flags."

Idiom usage

Along the stone mountain road, there are ancient pines and cypresses on both sides. Red leaves in Xiangshan by Yang Shuo

Chinese PinYin : zhē kōng bì rì