Definition
满天飞 literally means 'fly all over the sky', but it's a fixed phrase used figuratively to say that something — often news, rumors, products, or people — is everywhere or spreading rapidly. You can use it to describe a situation where information or items are extremely common and hard to avoid. It usually appears at the end of a clause as a predicate (主语 + 满天飞).
v.p.
to be everywhere (of rumors, news, products, people, etc.)to spread widely and rapidly
Examples
- 满天飞，。Zuìjìn gè zhǒng yáoyán mǎn tiān fēi, bié qīngxìn.Lately all kinds of rumors are flying around — don't believe them easily.
- 满天飞，。Zhè zhǒng xīn kuǎn shǒujī zài shìchǎng shàng mǎn tiān fēi, xiāoliàng jīngrén.This new model phone is everywhere on the market, with amazing sales.
- 满天飞，。Wǎng shàng guānyú tā de xiāoxi mǎn tiān fēi, zhēn jiǎ nán biàn.News about him is spreading all over the internet — hard to tell what's true.
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