銀河落九天

See also: 银河落九天

Chinese
Milky Way to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind the Ninth Heaven
trad. (銀河落九天) 銀河 落 九天
simp. (银河落九天) 银河 落 九天

Etymology
飛流直下三千尺，疑是銀河落九天。 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]
飞流直下三千尺，疑是银河落九天。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: c. 701-762: Li Bai, Gazing at the Mount Lu waterfalls part two of two (望廬山瀑布水詩二首之二)
Fēi liú zhí xià sān qiān chǐ, yí shì yínhé luò jiǔtiān. [Pinyin]
The torrent flew through the air and dropped 3,000 feet straight down, it seemed as if the Milky way was falling from the Ninth Heaven.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yínhé luò jiǔtiān
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄢ

Idiom

銀河落九天

  1. describes the way a waterfall's water comes down
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