WordTaiwan frequency #21,407
天經地義
ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄉㄧˋ ㄧˋ
“perfectly justified; an unalterable principle of nature; taken as a matter of course”
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天
ㄊㄧㄢ
Sky or heaven; the universe; day or a period of time; nature; weather; season.
經
ㄐㄧㄥ
Sacred texts or classics; to pass through or undergo; warp threads in weaving; longitude; channel in TCM; menstruation; surname.
地
ㄉㄧˋ
Earth; ground; soil; land; place; region; used as a particle to link adverbs to verbs or adjectives.
義
ㄧˋ
Justice; righteousness; right conduct; meaning; artificial; foster (father); relationship; friendship; Italy (abbr. in Taiwan).
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 已經ㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄥalready; indicates that something has happened or been completed before now or before a certain time.
- 地方ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄤplace; location; area; region; local (as opposed to central government); aspect; part
- 昨天ㄗㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄢyesterday; the day before today; the previous day
- 經濟ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˋeconomy; the system of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services; economic affairs; frugal; cost-effective; efficient use of resources
- 今天ㄐㄧㄣ ㄊㄧㄢtoday; the present time; now
- 經驗ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧㄢˋexperience; knowledge or skill gained through direct practice or personal involvement; to go through or undergo something.
- 地區ㄉㄧˋ ㄑㄩregion; area; district; locality; a defined geographical or administrative zone.
- 經過ㄐㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˋto pass through; to go through; a process or course of events; to happen (as in 'what happened?')
- 意義ㄧˋ ㄧˋmeaning; sense; significance; importance.
- 主義ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋdoctrine; ideology; -ism; a system of ideas or principles forming a theory or school of thought.
- 經營ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧㄥˊto run or manage a business; to operate; to plan and organize; to arrange strategically
- 土地ㄊㄨˇ ㄉㄧˋland; soil; territory; ground with earth or dirt; local earth god; genius loci