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| | the sky; the heavens | HSK 2 |
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| | paradise / heaven | HSK 6 |
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| | land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule | HSK 6 |
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| | heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity | HSK 7-9 |
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| | 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 革noun 的命) / CL: 次 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古 creation myth | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course | HSK 7-9 |
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| | blessed by heaven (idiom) / enjoying exceptional advantages / favored by nature | HSK 7-9 |
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| | God / Heavens | |
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| | one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest) | |
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| | 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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| | (bound form) may; can / (bound form) to endure; to bear / (in 堪輿|堪舆) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆) | |
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| | Heaven; Providence; God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die; to pass away / the previous day (or days) | |
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| | middle of the forehead / imperial court / heaven | |
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| | as if made by heaven | |
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| | firmament / heaven | |
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| | starry sky; the star-studded heavens | |
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| | the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens | |
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| | Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program | |
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| | gate of heaven / gate of palace | |
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| | mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret | |
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| | 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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| | (bound form) soil; earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天) | |
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| | the blue dome of heaven | |
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| | (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪) / (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 | |
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| | heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval | |
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| | stairway to heaven / high mountain road / tall ladder on a building or other large structure / space elevator | |
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| | providence / the Will of Heaven | |
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| | the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order | |
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| | heaven | |
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| | Kingdom of Heaven | |
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| | Mandate of Heaven / destiny / fate / one's life span | |
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| | the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe | |
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| | pillars supporting heaven | |
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| | great emptiness / the void / heaven / the skies / universe / cosmos / original essence of the cosmos | |
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| | Temple of Heaven (in Beijing) | |
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| | bestowed by heaven | |
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| | first under heaven / number one in the country | |
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| | lit. to ascend to heaven / to die | |
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| | Heaven rewards the diligent. (idiom) | |
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| | heaven and earth / yin and yang | |
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| | to fly upwards / (fig.) to rise; to increase / (Daoism) to ascend to heaven; to achieve immortality | |
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| | the wrath of Heaven / imperial displeasure | |
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| | Man and Heaven / celestial being | |
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| | lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful | |
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| | God of heaven / Celestial emperor | |
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| | lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from) | |
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| | to provide transport / to accept the Mandate of Heaven / to acknowledge one's calling to be emperor | |
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| | center of the sky / will of heaven / will of the Gods / the monarch's will | |
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| | heaven | |
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| | Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝 | |
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| | a match made in heaven (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success | |
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| | (of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu | |
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| | heaven / lord of heaven | |
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| | the sky / the heavens / (fig.) imperial court | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | the sky / the firmament / the vault of heaven | |
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| | Chinese toon (Toona sinensis) / tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) / (literary metaphor) father | |
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| | loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape | |
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| | lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around | |
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| | 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) | |
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| | joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | heaven / the distant sky | |
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| | Heaven's law / the natural order of things | |
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| | flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign | |
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| | lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom) / ideal / perfect / (of a match) made in heaven / to be made for one another | |
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| | to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven / outrageous acts | |
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| | to shake heaven and earth (idiom) | |
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| | ninth heaven / Highest Heaven | |
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| | (idiom) to cry out to heaven and knock one's head against the ground (as an expression of anguish) | |
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| | to stink to high heaven / (fig.) disgraceful; disgusting | |
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| | harder than climbing to heaven (idiom) | |
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| | heaven and earth (idiom) | |
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| | no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely / worlds apart / the gap couldn't be bigger | |
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| | as different as heaven and earth (idiom) / worlds apart | |
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| | heaven | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | not to know the immensity of heaven and earth / an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities | |
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| | Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through. / Never give up hope. / Never say die. | |
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| | disobedient / to violate the Mandate of Heaven ( 天命) | |
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| | the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided / the Nine Provinces of ancient China | |
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| | Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia ( 武俠|武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations | |
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| | Heavens! / My goodness! | |
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| | to worship heaven and earth / ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / also called 拜堂 | |
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| | the will of Heaven / the will of God | |
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| | Heaven helps the worthy (idiom) | |
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| | blessings from heaven | |
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| | 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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