冰天雪地

bīngtiān-xuědì

idiom #28,555

Meanings

1 a world of ice and snow
2 bitterly cold, frozen landscape

Characters

sky; heaven; day

ground; earth; land

Examples

东北的冬天是冰天雪地，寒风刺骨。

Dōngběi de dōngtiān shì bīngtiānxuědì, hánfēng cìgǔ.

Winter in Northeast China is a world of ice and snow with bone-chilling cold winds.

他在冰天雪地中跋涉了三天。

Tā zài bīngtiānxuědì zhōng báshè le sān tiān.

He trekked through the frozen, snow-covered landscape for three days.

Tips

memory

冰 (ice) + 天 (sky/heaven) + 雪 (snow) + 地 (ground/earth): ice above in the sky, snow below on the ground — complete frozen world. Sky and earth both frozen.

Stroke Order

冰 bīng

天 tiān

雪 xuě

地 dì