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  *天* | 天* | *天
day / sky / heaven
HSK 1
weather
HSK 1
the sky; the heavens
HSK 2
sky
HSK 3
naive / innocent / artless
HSK 4
astronomy
HSK 5
natural gas
HSK 5
talent / gift / genius / talented / gifted
HSK 5
natural
HSK 6
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
HSK 6
paradise / heaven
HSK 6
angel
HSK 7-9
gift / innate skill
HSK 7-9
Catholicism
HSK 7-9
enduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternal
HSK 7-9
antenna; aerial / (fig.) connection to higher authorities; channel to influential people
HSK 7-9
overhead walkway / pedestrian bridge
HSK 7-9
nature / disposition / innate / natural
HSK 7-9
swan
HSK 7-9
natural gift / talent
HSK 7-9
heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity
HSK 7-9
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
HSK 7-9
nature / innate tendency
HSK 7-9
scales (to weigh things)
HSK 7-9
the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order
sky blue
(idiom) poles apart; as different as can be
Tianjin municipality (abbr. to )
Phecda; Gamma Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
heaven / lord of heaven
ceiling
Uranus (planet)
Tianchang, a sub-prefecture-level city in Anhui
Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖 / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name)
heavenly punishment / king's punishment
Skynet (nationwide video surveillance system in China)
guinea pig / cavy
bestowed by heaven
the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
horizon
every day
natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect)
gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous
Mandate of Heaven / destiny / fate / one's life span
natural disaster
the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
number of days / fate / destiny
Tianqiao district of Jinan city 濟南市|济南市, Shandong / Tianqiao district in Beijing, formerly a center of folk culture
Demigods and Semidevils, wuxia novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its TV and screen adaptations
astronomical observatory
Goddam! / goddamn / wretched
astronomy
Man and Heaven / celestial being
emperor / god / Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title / see also 洪秀全
color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather
weather forecast
beyond the earth / outer space
hatchway / skylight / sun roof
Temple of Heaven (in Beijing)
God of heaven / Celestial emperor
Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
to grow light (at daybreak)
God (in Catholicism) / abbr. for 天主教, Catholicism
Tianzhen county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
(mythology) celestial horse / fine horse; Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus
Kingdom of Heaven
to get dark / dusk
imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch
weather
Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗 / Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
celestial body / nude body
after a long time (idiom)
Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing
Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program
tempura / deep-fried cooking / also called 甜不辣
god / deity
dawn / daybreak
(mahjong) heavenly hand; a hand that is completed by the dealer on their first draw / (mahjong) to obtain a heavenly hand
Tian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan
Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
(honorific appellation of a deity)
extremely expensive / sky-high price
first under heaven / number one in the country
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret
celestial soldier / (old) imperial troops / (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit / (more generally) bungler / screw-up
Tianshui, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
sounds of nature
the other end of the world / a faraway place
immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style
gantry traveling crane
Tiantai school of Buddhism
Tenrikyo (Japanese religion)
Tianxin district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市, Hunan
center of the sky / will of heaven / will of the Gods / the monarch's will
(old) Arabia / Arabian
innate talent / gift / flair / native resource / dowry

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