滔天大罪 (tāo tiān dà) — (idiom) monstrous crimes; heinous crimes that reach the heavens
Definition
A four-character idiom for 'heinous crimes so great they reach the heavens' — strongly literary, used in formal writing or speeches about betrayal or atrocity, not everyday speech.
idiom
monstrous crimesheinous crimes that reach the heavens
Examples
- 滔天大罪，。Tā fàn le tāo tiān dà, zuì zhōng shòu dào le fǎ lǜ de yán chéng.He committed a monstrous crime and eventually received severe punishment from the law.
- 滔天大罪。Lì shǐ shàng qīn lüè zhě fàn xià de tāo tiān dà yǒng yuǎn bú huì bèi yí wàng.The monstrous crimes committed by aggressors in history will never be forgotten.
- 滔天大罪。Zhè zhǒng bèi pàn guó jiā de xíng wéi jiǎn zhí shì tāo tiān dà.This act of betraying the country is simply a monstrous crime.
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