Requesting translation of "Mother Nature"

[magores]

Translating the two words individually is simple enough, but I was wondering if there is another word/words/phrase that captures the "concept" of Mother Nature better.

If it helps, the American Heritage dictionary defines Mother Nature as:

Noun. The personification of nature as a powerful and nurturing woman.

Thanks in advance,

Magores

[marcopolo79]

This concept doesn't translate too well into Chinese, I think you're best off using 大自然 if you want to refer to the natural world or 天 if you want to talk about the personification of an omnipresent force that exerts an influence on people's lives through nature and nurture.

[magores]

My cousin, aka "Mother Nature", got a smile out of this.

Much appreciated.

Magores

[Yuchi]

生物 is nature or biology (if you add a 学 at the end)

Or what marcopolo said.

[jannetuukkanen]

后土 Hou4 Tu3 as Queen Earth, goddess of soil and fertility, is close to Roman/Greek Gaia/Terra aka Mother Nature.

Or this is what The Internet told me

JanneT

[xiaomawang]

Maybe 母性.

[Koneko]

自然之母

[xuezhongwen]

大自然 or 自然界

[xiaocai]

大自然

[skylee]

大塊 (as in 大塊假我以文章)

[xiaocai]

自然之母 is really an odd expression sounds strange to me, seldom saw this usage.

大塊 is such a lyric word, romantic (李白 used it). I think there is another corresponding word 造化 as in 杜甫's 望嶽, "造化鍾神秀,隂陽割昏曉".