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  *天* | 天* | *天
day / sky / heaven
HSK 1
the sky; the heavens
HSK 2
paradise / heaven
HSK 6
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
HSK 6
heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity
HSK 7-9
to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern noun的命) / CL:
HSK 7-9
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古 creation myth
HSK 7-9
to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven
HSK 7-9
to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven
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
blessed by heaven (idiom) / enjoying exceptional advantages / favored by nature
HSK 7-9
God / Heavens
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  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle // ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
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)
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  *堪* | 堪* | *堪
(bound form) may; can / (bound form) to endure; to bear / (in 堪輿|堪舆) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆)
Heaven; Providence; God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die; to pass away / the previous day (or days)
middle of the forehead / imperial court / heaven
as if made by heaven
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  *霄* | 霄* | *霄
firmament / heaven
starry sky; the star-studded heavens
the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens
Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program
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  *阊* | 阊* | *阊
gate of heaven / gate of palace
mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret
lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom) / fig. to go to great lengths / to search heaven and earth
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  *壤* | 壤* | *壤
(bound form) soil; earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven )
the blue dome of heaven
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  *舆* | 舆* | *舆
(literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy ) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven); land; territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair; palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes; the people; the public
heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval
stairway to heaven / high mountain road / tall ladder on a building or other large structure / space elevator
providence / the Will of Heaven
the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order
heaven
Kingdom of Heaven
Mandate of Heaven / destiny / fate / one's life span
the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion
yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
pillars supporting heaven
great emptiness / the void / heaven / the skies / universe / cosmos / original essence of the cosmos
Temple of Heaven (in Beijing)
bestowed by heaven
first under heaven / number one in the country
lit. to ascend to heaven / to die
Heaven rewards the diligent. (idiom)
heaven and earth / yin and yang
to fly upwards / (fig.) to rise; to increase / (Daoism) to ascend to heaven; to achieve immortality
the wrath of Heaven / imperial displeasure
Man and Heaven / celestial being
lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful
God of heaven / Celestial emperor
lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from)
to provide transport / to accept the Mandate of Heaven / to acknowledge one's calling to be emperor
center of the sky / will of heaven / will of the Gods / the monarch's will
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  *旻* | 旻* | *旻
heaven
Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝
a match made in heaven (idiom)
(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
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  *谪* | 谪* | *谪
to relegate a high official to a minor post in an outlying region (punishment in imperial China) / to banish or exile / (of immortals) to banish from Heaven / to censure / to blame
lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom)
Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空 in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
(of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu
heaven / lord of heaven
the sky / the heavens / (fig.) imperial court
lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
the sky / the firmament / the vault of heaven
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  *椿* | 椿* | *椿
Chinese toon (Toona sinensis) / tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) / (literary metaphor) father
loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around
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)
joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event
lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
heaven / the distant sky
Heaven's law / the natural order of things
flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign
lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom) / ideal / perfect / (of a match) made in heaven / to be made for one another
to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven / outrageous acts
to shake heaven and earth (idiom)
ninth heaven / Highest Heaven
(idiom) to cry out to heaven and knock one's head against the ground (as an expression of anguish)
to stink to high heaven / (fig.) disgraceful; disgusting
harder than climbing to heaven (idiom)
heaven and earth (idiom)
no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely / worlds apart / the gap couldn't be bigger
as different as heaven and earth (idiom) / worlds apart
heaven
Tianwen, or Questions to Heaven, a long poem by Chu Yuan 屈原 / Tianwen, a series of interplanetary missions developed by the China National Space Administration starting in 2016, named after the poem
a genius (literally, an immortal who has been banished from heaven to live on earth), an epithet for exceptional individuals such as the Tang poet Li Bai 李白 / (fig.) banished official
not to know the immensity of heaven and earth / an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities
Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through. / Never give up hope. / Never say die.
disobedient / to violate the Mandate of Heaven (天命)
the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided / the Nine Provinces of ancient China
Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations
Heavens! / My goodness!
to worship heaven and earth / ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / also called 拜堂
the will of Heaven / the will of God
Heaven helps the worthy (idiom)
blessings from heaven
pair of annual sacrificial ceremonies held by the emperor in ancient times: one in the southern suburbs of the capital (bringing offerings to Heaven) and another in the northern suburbs (with offerings to Earth)

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