(lǎo tiān) - good heavens, oh my god in Mandarin
lǎotiānTraditional: 老天
Translation
good heavens, oh my god
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Word origin
老天 means good heavens, an exclamation addressing Heaven. 老 (lǎo) is a familiar prefix. 天 (tiān) means sky or Heaven, an ideograph of a person (大) with the head emphasised by a line above, the great expanse overhead.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 老 (lǎo, familiar prefix) + 天 (tiān, Heaven)
Stroke order
老
天
Examples
，！
Good heavens, how could this happen!
。
Heaven bless us.
，。
Oh my god, you scared me to death.
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Good heavens, it's raining again!
平。
May heaven keep everyone safe.
老天 (lǎo tiān) means good heavens or oh my god.
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