天高地厚
Chinese
day; sky; heaven | high; tall | earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly |
generous; thick (for flat things) | ||
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trad. (天高地厚) | 天 | 高 | 地 | 厚 | |
simp. #(天高地厚) | 天 | 高 | 地 | 厚 | |
Literally: “as high as the heavens and as deep as the earth”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄠ ㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tiangaodìhòu
- Wade–Giles: tʻien1-kao1-ti4-hou4
- Yale: tyān-gāu-dì-hòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiangaudihhow
- Palladius: тяньгаодихоу (tjanʹgaodixou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tin1 gou1 dei6 hau5
- Yale: tīn gōu deih háuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin1 gou1 dei6 hau5
- Guangdong Romanization: tin1 gou1 déi6 heo5
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ tei̯²² hɐu̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 天高地厚
- profound; deep (of kindness)
- complexity of things
Derived terms
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