tiān​nán​hǎi​běi

all over the country

  • created reference approved 天南海北 → 天南地北 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天南海北 tiān​nán​hǎi​běi

    天南地北 tiān​nán​dì​běi

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 天南海北 → 海北天南 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天南海北 tiān​nán​hǎi​běi

    海北天南 hǎi​běi​tiān​nán

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 天南海北 · tiān​nán​hǎi​běi · all over the country — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天南海北

    tiān​nán​hǎi​běi

    all over the country

    Used to describe different regions that are far apart; from all over the world or all over the land

    天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · sky 南 (literal) → 南 · nán · south 海 (literal) → 海 · hǎi · sea 北 (literal) → 北 · běi · north

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 天南海北 · tiān​nán​hǎi​běi · discursive — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天南海北

    tiān​nán​hǎi​běi

    discursive

    Rambling or wide-ranging in conversation; talking about all sorts of things in a wandering or aimless way

    天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · sky 南 (literal) → 南 · nán · south 海 (literal) → 海 · hǎi · sea 北 (literal) → 北 · běi · north

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense