{"path":"/entry/28313","title":"天作之合 (tiān zuò zhī hé) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"天作之合 (tiān zuò zhī hé): a match made in heaven (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":28313,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["天作之合"],"TRADITIONAL":["天作之合"]}},"phonetic":"tiān zuò zhī hé","phoneticKey":"tian1 zuo4 zhi1 he2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"a match made in heaven ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Classic of Poetry, poem 236 (《詩經·大雅·大明》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"天监在下，有命既集。\n文王初载，天作之合。","traditional":"天監在下，有命既集。\n文王初載，天作之合。"},"phonetic":"Tiān jiān zàixià, yǒu mìng jì jí.\nWénwáng chū zǎi, tiān zuò zhī hé.","english":"Heaven surveyed this lower world; And its appointment lighted [on king Wen].\nIn his early years, It made for him a mate.","ref":"The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}