TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
老天爺
ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄝˊ · lǎotiānyé
noun — Heaven personified; "Good Lord!", "the heavens" (spoken exclamation)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
老a familiar prefix (老闆)lǎo
天the sky, heaven (天空)tiān
爺a respected elder man (大爺)yé
老天爺，老闆的老，天空的天，大爺的爺。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
求天（天）幫忙，把天叫成一位老爺爺（爺）。
Pleading with the sky (天) for help, you call it an old grandfather (爺).
記憶法
關 · Related
上shàngtiānHeaven as fate — the same