上知天文，下知地理

Chinese
 
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 to know; to be aware astronomy; celestial objects; the heavens
 
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
 to know; to be aware geography; geographical features; topography
simp. and trad.
(上知天文，下知地理)		 上 知 天文 ， 下 知 地理
Literally: “know the astronomy above, and know the geography below”.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shàng zhī tiānwén, xià zhī dìlǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄓ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄣˊ, ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄓ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng6 zi1 tin1 man4, haa6 zi1 dei6 lei5
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: shàng zhī tiānwén, xià zhī dìlǐ
      • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄓ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄣˊ, ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄓ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanq jy tianwen, shiah jy dihlii
      • IPA (key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ u̯ən³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ti⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

上知天文，下知地理

  1. describes someone who is very learned; a polymath
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