洞天

dòngtiān
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 grotto-heaven, a dwelling of the immortals in Daoism
  2. 2 paradise; enchanting place

Examples

HSK 7-9
Xiāngchuán zhè zuò shān lǐ cáng zhe yí chù dòngtiān, zhù zhe dédào de xiānrén.
Legend says this mountain hides a grotto-heaven where immortals live.
HSK 7-9
Zǒujìn xiǎoxiàng shēnchù, jìng shì lìng yì fān dòngtiān.
Deep inside the narrow lane, there turned out to be a whole other world.

Tips

culture
Daoist texts list ten great and thirty-six lesser grotto-heavens, along with seventy-two 福地, 'blessed lands', most of them on famous mountains. The idiom 别有洞天 says a place hides a world of its own.

Stroke Order

洞 dòng
天 tiān