(lǎo tiān) - good heavens, oh my god in Mandarin
lǎotiānTraditional: 老天
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Translation
good heavens, oh my god
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!
佑。
Heaven bless us.
，。
Oh my god, you scared me to death.
，雨！
Good heavens, it's raining again!
佑。
May heaven keep everyone safe.
老天 (lǎo tiān) means good heavens or oh my god.
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