天道

tiāndào
noun #50,998

Meanings

  1. 1 the Way of Heaven; natural law
  2. 2 cosmic order; divine justice
  3. 3 (colloquial, dialect) the weather

Examples

Tiāndào chóu qín, nǔlì zǒng huì yǒu huíbào.
Heaven rewards diligence — effort is always repaid.
Tā xiāngxìn tiāndào lúnhuí, shàn'è zhōng yǒu bào.
He believes in cosmic cycles — good and evil all receive their due.

Tips

culture
Central concept of Confucian and Daoist thought. 老子 says 天道善人 ('the Way of Heaven plays no favorites, yet always sides with the good'). The four-character proverb 天道 ('Heaven rewards the diligent') is a classroom staple motto.

Stroke Order

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