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天地

Mandarin · pinyin tiān dì

Meanings

  1. heaven and earth
  2. world
  3. scope
  4. field of activity
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天
tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
地
de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
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1–4 · tian1 di4

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tin1 dei6

Cantonese word readings for 天地. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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tin1 dei6

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. (literally) sky and ground; heaven and earth
  2. (figurative) world; the vast earth; universe
  3. (figurative, literary) two opposing things; contrasting items
  4. (figurative) scope; field; area; realm; sphere; range
  5. (figurative, now dialectal) situation; plight; predicament

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