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  *天* | 天* | *天
day / sky / heaven
HSK 1
today / the present time; now
HSK 1
daytime / during the day / day / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
HSK 1
half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
tomorrow
HSK 1
the day before yesterday
HSK 1
Sunday / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
yesterday
HSK 1
winter / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
summer / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
autumn / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
clear sky / sunny day
HSK 2
cloudy day; overcast sky
HSK 2
spring (season) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
all day long / whole day
HSK 3
the same day
HSK 6
blue sky
HSK 6
outdoors / al fresco / in the open
HSK 7-9
embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天) / inborn; innate; natural
HSK 7-9
(coll.) all day long / all the time
HSK 7-9
space flight
HSK 7-9
half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
HSK 7-9
Lotte (South Korean conglomerate)
carefree / happy-go-lucky / optimistic
to face upwards / to look up to the sky
Chaotian district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市, Sichuan
to have an audience with the Emperor / to be presented at court / to look skyward / to look up
every day
lit. to ascend to heaven / to die
the next day / on alternate days
most of the day
to reverse a desperate situation
to chat; to gossip
culmination (astronomy)
rainy day / rainy weather
every day
Heaven; Providence; God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die; to pass away / the previous day (or days)
flying Apsara (Buddhist art)
that day / the other day
on that day
lit. to fill the whole sky / everywhere / as far as the eye can see
three days ago
Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705
this day
the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens
a few days ago / a few days before / the past few days / the previous few days
(lit. and fig.) to soar; to shoot upwards
(of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering; overwhelming; immense
whole sky
reaching the sky / for days on end / incessantly
clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official)
to reach the upper limit
(idiom) defiant of the law and lacking any sense of morality; lawless; out of control; unruly
(of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky
to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse) / (fig.) to experience a major upheaval; to undergo sweeping change
reckless / extremely daring
Ken Zhu (1979-), Taiwanese singer and actor
in full swing (idiom) / (in a) frenzy / buzzing with activity
Sunday
(coll.) a long time
to chat
lit. like the man of who feared the sky would fall (idiom) / fig. to entertain groundless fears
lit. (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit / (2nd half of the saying 一人得道雞犬升天|一人得道鸡犬升天)
overpowering (of a stench)
see 三伏
human life is beyond value (idiom)
paradise / heavenly or beautiful place / fairyland
supremely honorable and righteous
lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded
another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check
(idiom) to have committed heinous crimes
man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
outrageously bold in one's lust / debauched (idiom)
(Buddhism) to go to the Western Paradise / (fig.) to die
bright sunny day; blazing hot day
the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year
lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃) (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup / to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
to create a big disturbance
flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign
Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.
to whine on for days (idiom) / to endlessly grumble complaints / incessant whining
three days from now / day after day after tomorrow
green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow
Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need. / Food first, ethical niceties second
broad daylight
(idiom) extremely resentful
night; nightfall
God / Heavens
afternoon
four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
see 三伏
all day long / all one's life
firmament
place of charm and beauty / scenery of exceptional charm / completely different world
lit. like the sun at noon (idiom) / fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc
filling the entire sky / covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)
clear sky

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