晴天霹雳 qíng tiān pī lì

DEFINITIONS

  1. thunder from a clear sky (idiom); a bolt from the blue

CHARACTERS

晴 qíng
HSK 2
clear weather, fine weather
天 tiān
HSK 1
sky, heaven; god, celestial
霹 pī thunder, crashing thunder
雳 lì thunderclap, crashing thunder