天理 [－－]

Jyutping tin1 lei5
Pinyin tiān lǐ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. Heaven's law
  2. the natural order of things
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. justice
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    原始​嘅​法​則
    divine justice
    • 犯法嘅人可以逍遙法外，咁樣仲有天理嘅？
      犯法嘅人可以逍遥法外，咁样仲有天理嘅？
      faan6 faat3 ge3 jan4 ho2 ji5 siu1 jiu4 faat3 ngoi6, gam3 joeng6 zung6 jau5 tin1 lei5 ge5?
      If people who break the law can escape from punishment, is there still justice in the world?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Chinese
    heavenly principle
  2. noun, in common usage
    justice; fairness
    (syn.) 公道
  3. noun
    rules of nature; laws of nature; natural law
  4. name
    Tenri (a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan)
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    天理循环
    天理循環
    tin1 lei5 ceon4 waan4
    • divine retribution
  2. Cantonese
    我讲嘢大声啲就告我扰乱治安，真系冇天理。
    我講嘢大聲啲就告我擾亂治安，真係冇天理。
    ngo5 gong2 je5 daai6 seng1 di1 zau6 gou3 ngo5 jiu2 lyun6 zi6 on1, zan1 hai6 mou5 tin1 lei5.
    • He charged me with disruption of law and order because I raised my voice for a bit, what a world.
  3. Cantonese
    犯法嘅人可以逍遥法外，咁样仲有天理嘅？
    犯法嘅人可以逍遙法外，咁樣仲有天理嘅？
    faan6 faat3 ge3 jan4 ho2 ji5 siu1 jiu4 faat3 ngoi6, gam3 joeng6 zung6 jau5 tin1 lei5 ge5?
    • If people who break the law can escape from punishment, is there still justice in the world?
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    此人不红，天理难容！
    此人不紅，天理難容！
    cǐ rén bù hóng ， tiān lǐ nán róng ！
    • This guy not becoming famous in the future, is something intolerable by the course of nature. (rhyming slang, humorous)