天上掉馅饼

(天上掉餡餅)tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng

a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom) / to have something fall into your lap

Example Sentences

幸福美好的生活必须依靠自己勤劳的双手去创造,绝不能整天指望天上掉馅饼。

xìng fú měi hǎo de shēng huó bì xū yī kào zì jǐ qín láo de shuāng shǒu qù chuàng zào, jué bù néng zhěng tiān zhǐ wàng tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng.

A happy and beautiful life must be created by your own hard-working hands, and you must not expect pie in the sky to fall all day long.

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天上掉馅饼 [tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng] - Meaning in English, Pinyin & Examples