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天經地義

tiān jīng dì yì

C1–C2 Level 7

天經地義 (tiān jīng dì yì) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper
  2. right and unalterable
  3. a matter of course

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Related words at this level

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).