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): ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄠㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ gou¹ dei⁶ hau⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiāngāodìhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄍㄠㄉㄧˋ 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

profound; deep (of kindness)
complexity of things

Derived terms

不知天高地厚 (bùzhī tiāngāodìhòu)

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