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天地

tiāndì

world; scope; heaven and earth

A person steps from a doorway into vast open fields under a huge sky
Memory picture

Characters in this word

天 tiān

Strokes
4
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

地 de

Strokes
6
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 也 also, too
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 走出原来的行业后,他才发现自己还有更广阔的天地。 Zǒuchū yuánlái de hángyè hòu, tā cái fāxiàn zìjǐ hái yǒu gèng guǎngkuò de tiāndì. After leaving his original industry, he discovered that he still had a broader world open to him.
  • 大学四年,让我看到了一片新的天地。 Dàxué sì nián, ràng wǒ kàndàole yī piàn xīn de tiāndì. Four years at university showed me a whole new world.
  • 雨后的清晨,天地显得格外干净。 Yǔhòu de qīngchén, tiāndì xiǎnde géwài gānjìng. On the early morning after rain, heaven and earth look especially clean.

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