Lingaku- lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
- fig. to go to great lengths
- to search heaven and earth
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to go to great lengths
- to search heaven and earth
This phrase is used to describe efforts made in an exhaustive or extreme manner in order to achieve something.
He searched heaven and earth to find his lost relatives.
zài在zhè这cháng场bǐ sài比赛Zhōng中，tā她shàng tiān rù dì上天入地de地xùn liàn训练，xī wàng希望Néng能huò dé获得hǎo好chéng jì成绩。
In this competition, she went to great lengths in her training, hoping to achieve good results.
This expression can also refer to an extensive or thorough search, seeking something by leaving no stone unturned.
We searched high and low for those lost documents.
Generated collocations (experimental)
shàng tiān rù dì上天入地to go to great lengthsshàng tiān rù dì上天入地de的nǔ lì努力efforts that go to great lengthswú suǒ bù zhì无所不至，shàng tiān rù dì上天入地to go anywhere and do anythingshàng tiān rù dì上天入地de地xún zhǎo寻找to search high and lowshàng tiān rù dì上天入地de地xún mì寻觅to seek far and wideshàng tiān rù dì上天入地zhǎo找rén人to go everywhere to find someonejiān chí坚持shàng tiān rù dì上天入地to persist with great determinationyuàn yì愿意shàng tiān rù dì上天入地willing to go to any lengthswèi le为了mù biāo目标shàng tiān rù dì上天入地to go to great lengths for a goalshàng tiān rù dì上天入地de的tàn suǒ探索extensive exploration