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天地

Mandarin · pinyin tiān dì

heaven and earth
world
scope
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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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tin1 dei6

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

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noun

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

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