晴空万里
qíng kōng wàn lǐ
clear skies as far as the eye can see; not a cloud in the sky
Character by character
晴qíng
clear
clear
空kōng
sky
sky
万wàn
ten thousand
ten thousand
里lǐ
li
li
Example
台风过后，又是晴空万里，好像什么都没发生过。
After the typhoon there was not a cloud in the sky, as if nothing had happened.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
A favourite of weather reports and travel writing; also written 万里晴空. 里 here is the Chinese mile, about half a kilometre.
Learn this in Lesson 15 · HSK 5: 梅雨、回南天与台风 (Plum rains, “returning south” days and typhoons)
A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. The first lessons of every level are free.
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