created sense approved 天理 · tiānlǐ · nature's law — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
天理
tiānlǐ
nature's law
The natural order of things; universal justice or laws governing nature and morality.
天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · nature 理 (literal) → 理 · lǐ · reason
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created sense approved 天理 · tiānlǐ · Neo-Confucian moral law — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
天理
tiānlǐ
Neo-Confucian moral law
(literary) An eternal moral principle in Song Dynasty philosophy that viewed feudal ethics as a universal standard.
天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · nature 理 (literal) → 理 · lǐ · reason
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition