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天经地义

tiān jīng dì yì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 天經地義

天经地义 (tiān jīng dì yì) means "lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 天经地义 means

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

The characters in 天经地义

• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 义yìjustice; righteousness; meaning

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