天上人间

天上人間
tiānshàngrénjiān
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 worlds apart
  2. 2 like heaven and earth
  3. 3 lit. one in heaven, one on earth

Examples

Tāmen xiōngdì liǎ de shēnghuó zhēn shì tiān shàng rén jiān.
The two brothers' lives are truly worlds apart.
Xiāngxià hé chéngshì de shēnghuó jiǎnzhí shì tiān shàng rén jiān.
Country and city life are like heaven and earth.
Shí nián bù jiàn, tā de jìngyù yǐ shì tiān shàng rén jiān.
After ten years apart, her circumstances are a world away from before.

Tips

history
From Li Yu's 《》 (Southern Tang, 10th c.): '流水落花天上人间' — 'Flowing water, falling blossoms, spring is gone; heaven and earth, worlds apart.' A lament by the deposed emperor for lost splendor.

Stroke Order

tiān
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jiān