| 天上掉馅饼 |
tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng |
a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom) / to have something fall into your lap |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 天上 |
tiān shàng |
the sky; the heavens |
| 上 |
shǎng |
used in 上声 |
| 上 |
shàng |
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above |
| 掉 |
diào |
to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) |
| 馅 |
xiàn |
filling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc) |
| 馅饼 |
xiàn bǐng |
meat pie / pie / pasty |
| 饼 |
bǐng |
round flat cake / cookie / cake / pastry / CL:张 |