天地

tiān dì · tian di

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. heaven and earth
  2. world
  3. scope
  4. field of activity

In a sentence

2 examples
01

起(qǐ)初(chū),神(shén)创(chuàng)造(zào)了(le)天(tiān)地(dì)。

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by Abcormal · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

站(zhàn)在(zài)山(shān)顶(dǐng),他(tā)感(gǎn)觉(jué)天(tiān)地(dì)格(gé)外(wài)开(kāi)阔(kuò)。

Standing on the mountaintop, he felt the world seemed especially vast.

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