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  *天* | 天* | *天
day / sky / heaven
HSK 1
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  *空* | 空* | *空
empty / air / sky / in vain
HSK 3
clear sky / sunny day
HSK 2
(coll.) a star; the stars in the sky
HSK 2
the sky; the heavens
HSK 2
sky
HSK 3
cloudy day; overcast sky
HSK 2
blue sky
HSK 6
lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded
lit. to hide the sky with one hand / to hide the truth from the masses
in the sky / in the air
HSK 5
the skies above a certain place; (aviation) airspace / (Tw) topless
HSK 7-9
half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
HSK 7-9
lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times
Woman can hold up half the sky / fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
Heaven; Providence; God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die; to pass away / the previous day (or days)
be high up in the sky
to rise to the sky / to lift off / to levitate / liftoff
night sky
(of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky
whole sky
to ask for sky-high prices
to face upwards / to look up to the sky
(of snow etc) to fill the sky
gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous
extremely expensive / sky-high price
starlit night / by night; under the night sky; through the night
(the) skies
overhead / up in the sky
(idiom) (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky; absolutely irreconcilable
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style
to soar; to wheel about in the sky
color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather
(idiom) to fall from the sky / (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly; to drop into one's lap
to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
HSK 7-9
sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
a clear blue sky
lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves / momentous changes are underway (idiom)
White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky) / (slang) hairless female genitalia
starry sky; the star-studded heavens
lit. to fill the whole sky / everywhere / as far as the eye can see
like the clouds in the sky (i.e. numerous)
many stars / a vast sky full of stars
(of skies or one's mood) gloomy
wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun
lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance
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  *霞* | 霞* | *霞
rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
skyscraping / towering into the sky
In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
clear sky / fig. high official position / noble
to fall down / to decay / to fall from the sky / to die
fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky)
(slang) sky-high heels; ultra-high-heeled shoes
great emptiness / the void / heaven / the skies / universe / cosmos / original essence of the cosmos
clear sky
water and sky merge in one color (idiom)
lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom) / fig. sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿 of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙, White Tiger 白虎, Vermilion Bird 朱雀, Black Tortoise 玄武
a clear and boundless sky
to drain out; to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky
Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky) / (in Daoism) God of the north sky
lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere / as far as the eye can see
a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom) / to have something fall into your lap
filling the entire sky / covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)
hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement
lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom) / fig. arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive
(literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term
lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom) / fig. (even if) the sky crumbles
center of the sky / will of heaven / will of the Gods / the monarch's will
lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom) / fig. a bolt from the blue
Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky)
sky blue
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
lit. whole sky, a multitude of stars
lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 and Cao Wei 曹魏 cannot coexist (idiom) / fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky / (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
Vanessa-Mae (1978–), Singaporean-born British violinist and skier
lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发 vs ) / fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven / lawless
lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom) / fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government
to soar into the sky
the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
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  *昊* | 昊* | *昊
vast and limitless / the vast sky
scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place
(of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky) / (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky)
azure; sky-blue
freezing weather / frosty sky
Tengri, the sky god in Mongolic and Turkic mythology
lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head / fig. it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations / one can't perform a major task while bothered by other duties
a dome / a vault / the sky
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *霁* | 霁* | *霁
sky clearing up
four divinities / four divine emperors / four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳|凤, turtle 龜|龟, dragon 龍|龙 and Chinese unicorn 麒麟 / also 四象, the four division of the sky
the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world
reaching the sky / for days on end / incessantly
lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom) / fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom) / fig. extremely difficult / far from an easy task
green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow
filling the atmosphere / covering the sky
lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land (idiom) / fig. everywhere; as far as the eye can see

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