經天緯地

See also: 经天纬地

Chinese

		classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture	day; sky; heaven	latitude	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (經天緯地)		經	天	緯	地
simp. (经天纬地)		经	天	纬	地

Etymology

經 (to weave vertically) + 天 (the heavens) + 緯 (to weave horizontally) + 地 (the earth)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngtiānwěidì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ tin¹ wai⁵ dei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngtiānwěidì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingtianwěidì
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-tʻien¹-wei³-ti⁴
    • Yale: jīng-tyān-wěi-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingtianwoeidih
    • Palladius: цзинтяньвэйди (czintjanʹvɛjdi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ tin¹ wai⁵ dei⁶
    • Yale: gīng tīn wáih deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ tin¹ wai⁵ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ tin¹ wei⁵ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ wɐi̯¹³ tei̯²²/

Idiom

經天緯地

1. (a talent for) managing affairs of state

Derived terms

• 經天緯地之才／经天纬地之才