天书

天書
tiānshū
noun #31,254

Meanings

  1. 1 heavenly book
  2. 2 imperial edict
  3. 3 indecipherable writing
  4. 4 (fig.) gibberish

Examples

Zhè běn shùxué shū duì wǒ lái shuō jiùshì tiānshū.
This math book is total Greek to me.
Tā de zì xiàng tiānshū, shéi dōu kàn bù dǒng.
His handwriting looks like alien script — nobody can read it.

Tips

usage
Originally 'heavenly book' (a divine text or imperial decree). In modern colloquial use it's the equivalent of English 'It's all Greek to me' — text that's impossible to read or understand. The pattern 天书一样 / 天书似的 is very common.

Stroke Order

tiān
shū