从天而降

Traditional form:

從天而降

Pinyin (reading):

cóngtiān'érjiàng

Definitions:

• lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)
• fig. to appear unexpectedly
• to arise abruptly
• out of the blue
• to drop into one's lap

Characters:

• 从 - from, by, since, whence, through
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 降 - to descend, to fall; to drop, to lower

Traditional characters:

• 從 - from, by, since, whence, through
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 降 - to descend, to fall; to drop, to lower