太陽從西邊出來 tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái

fig. hell freezes over; pigs can fly

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. fig. hell freezes over
  2. 2. pigs can fly
  3. 3. lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
太 tài HSK 1
too (much); very; extremely
陽 yáng
Yang, opposite: 阴yīn; sun; male principle (Taoism)
從 cóng
from; via; through
西 xī HSK 1
west; the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙xī bān yá
邊 biān
side; edge; border
出 chū HSK 1
to go out; to come out
來 lái
to come; to arrive; next