天经地义(tiān jīng dì yì): lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom)
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- tiān jīng dì yì
- Meaning
- lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 天經地義
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 天经地义 — tap one to open its word page.
jīn今tiān天
HSK 1today
yī一tiān天dào到wǎn晚
HSK 7-9all day long; the whole day
xiān先tiān天
HSK 7-9embryonic period (contrasted with 后天)
yī一shǒu手zhē遮tiān天
lit. to hide the sky with one hand
yī一zhù柱qíng擎tiān天
lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
yī一bù步dēng登tiān天
reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant s…
sān三fú伏tiān天
see 三伏[san1 fu2]
sān三tiān天liǎng两tóu头
lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day
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