滔天大罪

tāotiān-dàzuì
idiom #47,677

Meanings

  1. 1 heinous crime
  2. 2 monstrous wrongdoing
  3. 3 crimes of the highest magnitude

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā fànxià le tāotiāndàzuì, bìjiāng shòudào fǎlǜ zhìcái.
He has committed heinous crimes and will surely face legal punishment.
HSK 7-9
Zhànfàn de tāotiāndàzuì bùróng yíwàng.
The monstrous crimes of war criminals must not be forgotten.

Tips

memory
滔天 literally means 'flooding the heavens' - water rising so high it engulfs the sky. The image extends naturally to crimes so vast they tower over everything. The same 滔天 also appears in 滔天大祸 (huge disaster) and 罪恶滔天 (sins as vast as floodwaters).

Stroke Order

tāo
tiān
zuì