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HSK
weather
HSK 1
today / the present time; now
HSK 1
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  *天* | 天* | *天
day / sky / heaven
HSK 1
tomorrow
HSK 1
the day before yesterday
HSK 1
winter / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
clear sky / sunny day
HSK 2
half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
spring (season) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
summer / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
natural
HSK 6
astronomy
HSK 5
talent / gift / genius / talented / gifted
HSK 5
daytime / during the day / day / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
the sky; the heavens
HSK 2
sky
HSK 3
Sunday
HSK 1
naive / innocent / artless
HSK 4
yesterday
HSK 1
autumn / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
HSK 6
cloudy day; overcast sky
HSK 2
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
space flight
HSK 7-9
all day long / whole day
HSK 3
(idiom) world-shaking
HSK 7-9
all day long; the whole day
HSK 7-9
blue sky
HSK 6
paradise / heaven
HSK 6
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
natural gas
HSK 5
natural gift / talent
HSK 7-9
Nintendo
all-weather
lit. to hide the sky with one hand / to hide the truth from the masses
Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing
astronomical unit (AU)
embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天) / inborn; innate; natural
HSK 7-9
angel
HSK 7-9
rainy day / rainy weather
Scorpio (constellation)
as if made by heaven
the same day
HSK 6
Jin Tianhe (1874–1947), late-Qing poet and novelist, co-author of A Flower in a Sinful Sea 孽海花
throughout the world
(old) Down syndrome; trisomy 21
reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
HSK 7-9
swan
HSK 7-9
Cygnus (constellation)
to grow light (at daybreak)
astronomical telescope
(idiom) to reach for the stars
enduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternal
HSK 7-9
to get dark / dusk
the full light of day (idiom) / fig. peace and prosperity / in broad daylight
man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
ceiling (of a room) / (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field)
natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect)
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)
enormous lie / whopper
lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times
heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity
HSK 7-9
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
nature / innate tendency
HSK 7-9
gift / innate skill
HSK 7-9
every day
Tianjin municipality (abbr. to )
see you tomorrow / (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms)
the other end of the world / a faraway place
Heaven; Providence; God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die; to pass away / the previous day (or days)
nature / disposition / innate / natural
HSK 7-9
culmination (astronomy)
space center
natural selection
the following day; next day
see 天啊
smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil
afternoon
the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom) / fig. the natural order of things / something you can't go against
Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇 / emperor / emperor of Japan
antenna; aerial / (fig.) connection to higher authorities; channel to influential people
HSK 7-9
(coll.) all day long / all the time
HSK 7-9
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古 creation myth
HSK 7-9
number of days / fate / destiny
Heaven helps the worthy (idiom)
the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
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
see 三伏
see 三伏
(idiom) far apart / (idiom) from different places; from all over / (idiom) (to talk) about this and that
inescapable net (idiom) / trap / dragnet
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun
never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
lit. to be astonished as if beholding a heavenly being (idiom) / fig. to be astounded by sb's or sth's extraordinary beauty or excellence
Tiananmen Square
in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)
good heavens!; oh my God!

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