Your free Chinese learning resource is here! This idiom and proverb series introduces phrases rich in meaning. Today, we explain 「天堂地獄」 and its usage.
The idiom 「天堂地獄」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Originally a Buddhist term. It means that good people go to heaven after death, and bad people go to hell after death. Buddhists use it to encourage good and punish evil. Later it was often used to describe two completely opposite life situations: happiness and misery.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tiān táng dì yù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tin1 tong4 dei6 yuk6
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
