Tiandi (simplified: 天地, traditional: 天地, pinyin: tiāndì, jyutping: tin1 dei6) means “heaven and earth.” Tiān (天) is “heaven” or “sky”; dì (地) is “earth” or “ground.” The phrase denotes the cosmos, the natural order, or the span of the world, and appears in Confucian, Daoist, and martial arts contexts.
Usage
In Sword of the Yue Maiden and other wuxia fiction, tiandi may appear in dialogue or narration when characters speak of the world, fate, or the natural order, reflecting the philosophical and cosmological vocabulary of Chinese tradition.
See also
- Sword of the Yue Maiden concepts