青天の霹靂
せいてんのへきれき
Also written 晴天の霹靂
Meanings
- Expression, Noun a bolt out of the blue
Kanji
- 青 blue. Read as セイ.
- 天 heaven. Read as テン.
- 霹 thunder. Read as ヘキ.
- 靂 violent; thunder; lightening. Read as レキ.
Example sentences
- 彼の死の知らせはまさに青天の霹靂だった。
The news of his death came like a bolt from out of the blue. - 彼女の死の知らせはまさに青天の霹靂だった。
The news of her death came as a bolt from the blue.