pū tiān gài dì

Traditional: 鋪天蓋地

铺天盖地 (pū tiān gài dì) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom); fig. arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom)
  2. 2fig. arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive

Characters in 铺天盖地

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