(idiom) all under heaven; in the whole world; throughout the world
1. to face upwards2. to look up to the sky
1. (literary) midheaven; highest point in the sky2. (astronomy) culmination; transit across the meridian
1. to resemble nature itself2. of the highest quality (idiom)
1. to waste natural resources recklessly2. not to know how to use things sparingly
(idiom) innocent and unaffected
1. unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)2. to fail to save the situation
1. celestial soldier2. (old) imperial troops3. (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit4. (more generally) bungler+1 条 +2 条 to talk endlessly; to talk about everything under the sun
meteorological or astronomical phenomenon (e.g. rainbow or eclipse)
1. natural law2. heavenly law3. weather (dialect)
1. delighted2. with great joy3. in high spirits
Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing
1. lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering2. omnipresent3. of universal importance
devoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless
1. lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)2. fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape3. you can't run from the long arm of the law
to suffer from a congenital deficiency; to have an inherent weakness
1. to seize power2. to conquer the world3. to establish and expand a business4. to carve out a career for oneself+1 条 lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded
natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
after a long time (idiom)
(idiom) to have committed heinous crimes
民以食为天 民以食為天 mín yǐ shí wéi tiān 1. Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need.2. Food first, ethical niceties second
1. heavenly decree; divine commandment; (fig.) unbreakable taboo; absolute edict (often humorous or sarcastic)2. prohibition decrees of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天国[tài píng tiān guó]
得天独厚 得天獨厚 dé tiān dú hòu HSK 7–9 1. blessed by heaven (idiom)2. enjoying exceptional advantages3. favored by nature
1. family bonds2. ethical family relations
the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jiǎ], 乙[yǐ], 丙[bǐng], 丁[dīng], 戊[wù], 己[jǐ], 庚[gēng], 辛[xīn], 壬[rén], 癸[guǐ], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
1. Tian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan2. see 天山区[tiān shān qū]
Temple of Heaven (in Beijing)
(of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky
Heaven rewards the diligent. (idiom)
1. earth-shattering2. breakthrough3. remarkable and original work
1. (lit.) (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom)2. (fig.) (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit3. (2nd half of the saying 一人得道，一人得道，鸡犬升天[yī rén dé dào jī quǎn shēng tiān])
1. to worship heaven and earth2. ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony3. also called 拜堂
(idiom) famous throughout the land; renowned far and wide
Skynet (nationwide video surveillance system in China)
1. lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day2. frequently
water and sky merge in one color (idiom)