天上掉餡餅 tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng

to have something fall into your lap

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to have something fall into your lap
  2. 2. a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
天 tiān HSK 1
day; sky; heaven
上 shàng HSK 1
to go up; on top; above
掉 diào HSK 4
off; to drop or fall; to lose
餡 xiàn
filling; stuffing; forcemeat
餅 bǐng
round flat cake; cake; cookie