天经地义 tiān jīng dì yì

a matter of course

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 32024th word

Definitions

  1. 1. a matter of course
  2. 2. lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper
  3. 3. right and unalterable

Characters

Character Meaning
天 tiān HSK 1
day; sky; heaven
经 jīng HSK 2
abbr. for economics 经济jīng jì; to pass through
地 dì HSK 3
ground; land; adverb marker -ly
义 yì HSK 5
meaning; righteousness; justice