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HSK
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
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
winter / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
weather
HSK 1
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 gas
HSK 5
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
cloudy day; overcast sky
HSK 2
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
HSK 6
space flight
HSK 7-9
all day long / whole day
HSK 3
all day long; the whole day
HSK 7-9
planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.
paradise / heaven
HSK 6
swan
HSK 7-9
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
study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
blue sky
HSK 6
natural gift / talent
HSK 7-9
Nintendo
Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing
natural selection
all-weather
yesterday; previous day / first day
enduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternal
HSK 7-9
the same day
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
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
HSK 7-9
embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天) / inborn; innate; natural
HSK 7-9
angel
HSK 7-9
rainy day / rainy weather
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)
Temple of Heaven (in Beijing)
in full swing (idiom) / (in a) frenzy / buzzing with activity
as if made by heaven
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
overwhelming stench (idiom)
gift / innate skill
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)
several days
astronomical telescope
to grow light (at daybreak)
natural fiber
(idiom) world-shaking
HSK 7-9
lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day / frequently
blessed by heaven (idiom) / enjoying exceptional advantages / favored by nature
HSK 7-9
predator; natural enemy
to get dark / dusk
half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
HSK 7-9
the full light of day (idiom) / fig. peace and prosperity / in broad daylight
distance between two poles / poles apart
ceiling (of a room) / (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field)
natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect)
all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
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)
natural rubber
astronomy
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
tempura (loanword from Japanese)
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
Tiananmen Square
rooftop
nature / innate tendency
HSK 7-9
fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
Woman can hold up half the sky / fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
every day
Tianjin municipality (abbr. to )
the other end of the world / a faraway place
interactions between heaven and mankind (Han Dynasty doctrine)
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
Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
see 天啊
smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil

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