天上下刀子 tiān shàng xià dāo zi

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom)
  2. fig. (even if) the sky crumbles

CHARACTERS

天 tiān
HSK 1
sky, heaven; god, celestial
上 shàng
HSK 1
top; superior, highest; go up, send up
下 xià
HSK 1
under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
刀 dāo
HSK 4
knife; old coin; measure
子 zi
HSK 1
offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch