炼石补天 (煉石補天) liàn shí bǔ tiān

liàn shí bǔ tiān set phrase fashionging blocks of stones, for the repair of the heavens
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: A variant of 鍊石补天 (Cao Xueqin 1892, ”Dream of the Red Chamber” tr. by Joly, p. 2; Guoyu '煉石補天')

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