天高地厚

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)
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

  (Pinyin): tiāngāodìhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄍㄠ ㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ gou¹ dei⁶ hau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiāngāodìhòu
    • 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): /tʰjɛn⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • 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/

Idiom

天高地厚

1. profound; deep (of kindness)
2. complexity of things

Derived terms

不知天高地厚 (bùzhī tiāngāodìhòu)