天赐 (tiān cì) — (noun) a gift from heaven; a divine blessing

Definition

noun
a gift from heavena divine blessing

Examples

  • 天赐。
    Zhè fèn lǐ wù zhēn shì tiān cì.
    This gift is truly a gift from heaven.
  • 天赐。
    tiān cì De ēn qíng nán yǐ bào dá.
    The kindness bestowed by heaven is hard to repay.
  • 天赐。
    Tā rèn wéi shì tiān cì de jī huì.
    He considers it a heaven-sent opportunity.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

天tiānheaven
赐cìbestow

天 is heaven and 赐 is bestow; together they suggest a divine gift.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
大大dà
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng天tiān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape comes from a frontal standing man 大 with a head; 天 pairs 大 with 丁 for sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 賜; 赐 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell, money
Sound part声符shēngfú
易
易yì賜cì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 賜 pairs 貝 (shell, money) with 易 as a sound part; the simplified 赐 is a shorthand.

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