天地 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 天地

tiān dì

天地

Definition heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity

Usage

Synonyms 领域宇宙天体自然界大自然六合园地宇宙空间星体穹庐宏观世界

中文释义天和地。指自然界或社会。犹天下。指天地神灵。犹境界﹐境地。

Characters 天 tiān 地 de/dì

COMMON WORDS WITH 天地
	天地会 ( 天地會 ) Tiān dì huì Tiandihui (Chinese fraternal organization) ( 天地會 )
	谢天谢地 ( 謝天謝地 ) xiè tiān xiè dì Thank heavens! / Thank goodness that's worked out so well! ( 謝天謝地 )
	天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
	天经地义 ( 天經地義 ) tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course ( 天經地義 )
	翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
	冰天雪地 bīng tiān xuě dì a world of ice and snow
	天罗地网 ( 天羅地網 ) tiān luó dì wǎng inescapable net (idiom) / trap / dragnet ( 天羅地網 )
	天旋地转 ( 天旋地轉 ) tiān xuán dì zhuàn the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world ( 天旋地轉 )
	拜天地 bài tiān dì to worship heaven and earth / ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / also called 拜堂
	天寒地冻 ( 天寒地凍 ) tiān hán dì dòng cold weather, frozen ground (idiom); bitterly cold ( 天寒地凍 )
	花天酒地 huā tiān jiǔ dì to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures / life of debauchery
	天昏地暗 tiān hūn dì àn a murky sky over a dark earth / dark all round / gloomy above and dark below
	天南地北 tiān nán dì běi distant places / all over the country / (to talk) about this and that
	新天地 Xīn tiān dì Xintiandi (shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai)
	天诛地灭 ( 天誅地滅 ) tiān zhū dì miè stand condemned by God ( 天誅地滅 )
	呼天抢地 ( 呼天搶地 ) hū tiān qiāng dì lament to heaven and knock one's head on earth / cry bitterly and loudly in excessive grief / utter cries of anguish ( 呼天搶地 )
	天崩地裂 tiān bēng dì liè heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval
	天差地远 ( 天差地遠 ) tiān chā dì yuǎn poles apart (idiom) / entirely different ( 天差地遠 )
	天时地利 ( 天時地利 ) tiān shí de lì in fine weather and favorable geographical position ( 天時地利 )
	谈天说地 ( 談天說地 ) tán tiān shuō dì to talk endlessly / talking of anything under the sun ( 談天說地 )

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