谢天谢地 (謝天謝地)
xiè tiān xiè dì
Pinyin

Definition

谢天谢地 (謝天謝地)
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xiè tiān xiè dì
  1. Thank heavens!
  2. Thank goodness that's worked out so well!

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
地
de
  1. 1 -ly
  2. 2 structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
地址
dì zhǐ
  1. 1 address
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
地方
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
天
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success

Sample Sentences

谢天谢地，昨天夜里终于找到他了。你不知道，我们全家发动，跑了大半个上海。结果还是在我家附近找到的。
xiètiānxièdì ，zuótiān yèlǐ zhōngyú zhǎodào tā le 。nǐ bù zhīdào ，wǒmen quánjiā fādòng ，pǎo le dàbàn ge Shànghǎi 。jiéguǒ háishi zài wǒ jiā fùjìn zhǎodào de 。
Thank heavens, we finally found him yesterday in the middle of the night. You have no idea- our entire family got mobilized, and we ran all over half of Shanghai. And in the end, he was found near our home.
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管理老板？开什么国际玩笑！他不修理我就谢天谢地了，我还管理他？怎么个管理法嘛？
guǎnlǐ lǎobǎn ？kāi shénme guójì wánxiào ！tā bù xiūlǐ wǒ jiù xiètiānxièdì le ，wǒ hái guǎnlǐ tā ？zěnme gè guǎnlǐ fǎ ma ？
Managing my boss !? What kind of international joke is this? If he doesn't have a go at me I'll be grateful, nevermind managing her! What kind of management method is this?
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好可怕，我们房子都没事，真是谢天谢地。
hǎo kěpà ，wǒmen fángzi dōu méi shì ，zhēn shì xiètiānxièdì 。
How scary, thank godness that our house is fine.
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服务行业就应该这样。以前饭店哪注重这些，不要摆臭脸给我们看，我们就谢天谢地了。
fúwùhángyè jiù yīnggāi zhèyàng 。yǐqián fàndiàn nǎ zhùzhòng zhèxiē ，bù yào bǎi chòuliǎn gěi wǒmen kàn ，wǒmen jiù xiètiānxièdì le 。
The service industry should be like this. Before, no matter what restaurants did, as long as they didn't give us dirty looks, we were thankful.
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你也不想想，爸妈那么辛苦养你，供你读书。无论刮风下雨，都陪你去练这个读那个。我们也不要你给我们什么回报，你要是能自己养活自己，我们就谢天谢地了。
nǐ yě bù xiǎng xiang ，bà mā nàme xīnkǔ yǎng nǐ ，gōng nǐ dúshū 。wúlùn guāfēng xiàyǔ ，dōu péi nǐ qù liàn zhè ge dú nà ge 。wǒmen yě bù yào nǐ gěi wǒmen shénme huíbào ，nǐ yàoshì néng zìjǐ yǎnghuó zìjǐ ，wǒmen jiù xiètiānxièdì le 。
You don't realize how hard it's been for your mother and I to raise you and put you through school. No matter what the circumstances, we took you to practice this and study that. We don't even want you to repay us for anything. Even if you can only support yourself, we'll thank the heavens.
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