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呼天搶地 (fu1 tin1 coeng1 dei6) — lit. yelling out to the sky and banging the ground, meaning one who is in mighty grief in Cantonese

fuˉ¹呼tinˉ¹天coengˉ¹搶deiˍ₆地
简 呼天抢地
Mandarin Pinyin: hu1 tian1 qiang1 di4

Meaning of 呼天搶地

nounlit. yelling out to the sky and banging the ground, meaning one who is in mighty grief

Characters in 呼天搶地

呼fu1
breathe sigh; exhale; call; shout 叫器
天tin1
/tin1/
搶coeng2
vie for; compete for; scramble for
地dei6
earth; land; soil; ground

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