"天經地義" meaning in All languages combined

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      "english": "Propriety, it is the unchanging ways of heaven, the just ways of earth, and the rightful path of every human being.",
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        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
      "roman": "Fú lǐ, tiān zhī jīng yě, dì zhī yì yě, mín zhī xìng yě.",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "夫禮，天之經也，地之義也，民之行也。",
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      "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
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      "tags": [
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      "text": "夫礼，天之经也，地之义也，民之行也。",
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  "etymology_text": "From an aphorism posthumously attributed to Zichan (子產) by You Ji (aka. Zitaishu, 子大叔) as recorded in the Zuozhuan.",
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          "english": "It is a matter of course to pay debts when one owes money.",
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          "roman": "qiànzhài háiqián, tiānjīngdìyì",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "欠債還錢，天經地義",
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          "english": "It is a matter of course to pay debts when one owes money.",
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          "roman": "qiànzhài háiqián, tiānjīngdìyì",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "欠债还钱，天经地义",
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        "conforming to the traditional Chinese notion of the rules of heaven and the principles of Earth; that which is taken as a matter of course; proper practice or convention; time-honoured principle"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiānjīngdìyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄉㄧˋ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tin¹ ging¹ dei⁶ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thian-keng-tē-gī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thian-keng-tōe-gī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiang¹ gêng¹ di⁷ ngi⁶"
    },
    {
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiānjīngdìyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tianjingdìyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻien¹-ching¹-ti⁴-i⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tyān-jīng-dì-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tianjingdihyih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "тяньцзиндии"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tjanʹczindii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
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    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
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    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tin¹ ging¹ déi⁶ yi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ tei̯²² jiː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thian-king-tē-gī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tienkengdexgi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ ɡi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tienkengdoexgi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tue³³⁻¹¹ ɡi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thiang keng tī ngĭ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ keŋ³³ ti¹¹ ŋi³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ tei̯²² jiː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ ɡi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tue³³⁻¹¹ ɡi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ keŋ³³ ti¹¹ ŋi³⁵/"
    }
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  "word": "天經地義"
}

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      "english": "Propriety, it is the unchanging ways of heaven, the just ways of earth, and the rightful path of every human being.",
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        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
      "roman": "Fú lǐ, tiān zhī jīng yě, dì zhī yì yě, mín zhī xìng yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "夫禮，天之經也，地之義也，民之行也。",
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      "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE",
      "roman": "Fú lǐ, tiān zhī jīng yě, dì zhī yì yě, mín zhī xìng yě.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "夫礼，天之经也，地之义也，民之行也。",
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 天",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 經",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 義",
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        "Hokkien idioms",
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        "Teochew idioms",
        "Teochew lemmas"
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          "english": "It is a matter of course to pay debts when one owes money.",
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          "roman": "qiànzhài háiqián, tiānjīngdìyì",
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          "text": "欠債還錢，天經地義",
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        {
          "english": "It is a matter of course to pay debts when one owes money.",
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            "MSC",
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          "roman": "qiànzhài háiqián, tiānjīngdìyì",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "欠债还钱，天经地义",
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        "Zuozhuan"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiānjīngdìyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄉㄧˋ ㄧˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tin¹ ging¹ dei⁶ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thian-keng-tē-gī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thian-keng-tōe-gī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiang¹ gêng¹ di⁷ ngi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tiānjīngdìyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tianjingdìyì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tʻien¹-ching¹-ti⁴-i⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tyān-jīng-dì-yì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tianjingdihyih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "тяньцзиндии"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tjanʹczindii"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tīn gīng deih yih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tin¹ ging¹ dei⁶ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tin¹ ging¹ déi⁶ yi⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ tei̯²² jiː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thian-king-tē-gī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tienkengdexgi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ ɡi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thian-king-tuē-gī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tienkengdoexgi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tue³³⁻¹¹ ɡi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "thiang keng tī ngĭ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ keŋ³³ ti¹¹ ŋi³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ tei̯²² jiː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ ɡi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tue³³⁻¹¹ ɡi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ keŋ³³ ti¹¹ ŋi³⁵/"
    }
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  "word": "天經地義"
}

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