청천벽력

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 靑天 (“blue sky”) + 霹靂 (“thunderbolt”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋt͡ɕʰʌ̹nbjʌ̹ŋɲʌ̹k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [청천병녁]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheongcheonbyeongnyeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheongcheonbyeoglyeog
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏngch'ŏnbyŏngnyŏk
Yale Romanization?chengchenpyeklyek

Noun

청천벽력 • (cheongcheonbyeongnyeok) (hanja 靑天霹靂)

  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) bolt from the blue; sudden and unexpected bad news
    그는 청천벽력같은 소식을 알렸다.
    geuneun cheongcheonbyeongnyeokgateun sosigeul allyeotda.
    He told the sudden and unexpected bad news.

See also
  • 벽력 (byeongnyeok, “bolt”)
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