天涯地角

Chinese

		far corners of the world; distant lands
trad. (天涯地角)		天涯	地角
simp. #(天涯地角)		天涯	地角

Etymology

From 《武皇帝作相時與嶺南酋豪書》 "Writing about When Emperor Wu was still a Minister and the Lingnan Chieftains" by 徐陵 (Xu Ling):

天涯藐藐，地角悠悠，言面無由，但以情企。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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天涯藐藐，地角悠悠，言面无由，但以情企。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

Tiānyá miǎomiǎo, dìjiǎo yōuyōu, yánmiàn wúyóu, dàn yǐ qíng qǐ. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānyá dìjiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄚˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānyá dìjiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄚˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianyá dìjiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-ya² ti⁴-chiao³
    • Yale: tyān-yá dì-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianya dihjeau
    • Palladius: тянья дицзяо (tjanʹja diczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jä³⁵ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

天涯地角

1. distant, remote place

Synonyms

• 天涯海角 (tiānyáhǎijiǎo)

Related terms

• 天南地北 (tiānnándìběi) (near-synonym)