天理

tiānlǐ
noun #22,602

Meanings

  1. 1 the natural order of things
  2. 2 Heaven's law
  3. 3 moral principle
  4. 4 natural justice

Examples

Huàirén dédào le chéngfá, zhè cái shì tiānlǐ!
The bad person got punished — that's natural justice!
Méiyǒu tiānlǐ, zhèyàng de shì zěnme néng fāshēng?
Where is the justice? How can something like this happen?

Tips

culture
天理 is a Confucian and Neo-Confucian concept referring to the moral order embedded in the universe. In everyday speech, 天理 is an exclamation meaning something is outrageously unjust or unnatural.

Stroke Order

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