天変地異

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Etymology [edit]

Compound of 天変 (tenpen, a change or abnormality in the heavens) +‎ 地異 (chii, a bad change in or on the earth).[1]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

天変地異 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 天變地異, hiragana てんぺんちい, romaji tenpen chii)

  1. (idiomatic) an extraordinary natural occurrence: a catastrophe, a calamity
    天変地異が起きた。
    てんぺんちいがおきた。
    Tenpen chii ga okita.
    An earth-shattering incident occurred.

References [edit]

  1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Mandarin [edit]

simpl.
trad. 天變地異

Noun [edit]

天変地異 (simplified, Pinyin tiānbiàndìyì, traditional 天變地異)

  1. catastrophe, calamity; a natural disaster