天經地義

See also: 天经地义

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (天經地義)		天	經	地	義
simp. (天经地义)		天	经	地	义

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānjīngdìyì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄐㄧㄥㄉㄧˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ ging¹ dei⁶ ji⁶
Min Nan (POJ): thian-keng-tē-gī / thian-keng-tōe-gī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiānjīngdìyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄐㄧㄥㄉㄧˋ ㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjingdihyih
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ ging¹ dei⁶ ji⁶
  - Yale: tīn gīng deih yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ ging¹ dei⁶ ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ging¹ déi⁶ yi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ tei̯²² jiː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-keng-tē-gī
  - Tâi-lô: thian-king-tē-gī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienkengdexgi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ gi³³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-keng-tōe-gī
  - Tâi-lô: thian-king-tuē-gī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tienkengdoexgi
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tue³³⁻¹¹ gi³³/

Idiom

天經地義

conforming to the traditional Chinese notion of the rules of heaven and the principles of Earth; that which is taken as a matter of course; proper practice or convention; time-honoured principle

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