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  *天* | 天* | *天
day / sky / heaven
HSK 1
today / the present time; now
HSK 1
daytime / during the day / day / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
yesterday
HSK 1
half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL: 個|个
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
tomorrow
HSK 1
the day before yesterday
HSK 1
Sunday / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
winter / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
spring (season) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
cloudy day; overcast sky
HSK 2
autumn / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
clear sky / sunny day
HSK 2
summer / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
all day long / whole day
HSK 3
the same day
HSK 6
blue sky
HSK 6
space flight
HSK 7-9
outdoors / al fresco / in the open
HSK 7-9
embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天) / inborn; innate; natural
HSK 7-9
(coll.) all day long / all the time
HSK 7-9
half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
HSK 7-9
to chat; to gossip
every day
God / Heavens
bright sunny day; blazing hot day
(literary) to be in defiance of the natural order / (coll.) extraordinary; incredible
Heaven; Providence; God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die; to pass away / the previous day (or days)
every day
the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens
several days
on that day
whole day
Lotte (South Korean conglomerate)
carefree / happy-go-lucky / optimistic
reaching the sky / for days on end / incessantly
Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705
whole sky
(lit. and fig.) to soar; to shoot upwards
Sunday
flying Apsara (Buddhist art)
to reverse a desperate situation
paradise / heavenly or beautiful place / fairyland
rainy day / rainy weather
that day / the other day
(of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky
in full swing (idiom) / (in a) frenzy / buzzing with activity
chilly weather / (loanword from Japanese) agar-agar
lit. to ascend to heaven / to die
firmament
skyscraping / towering into the sky
all day long / all one's life
the Western Paradise (Buddhism)
clear sky
reckless / extremely daring
Chaotian district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市, Sichuan
to have an audience with the Emperor / to be presented at court / to look skyward / to look up
clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official)
to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse) / (fig.) to experience a major upheaval; to undergo sweeping change
night; nightfall
place of charm and beauty / scenery of exceptional charm / completely different world
(coll.) every day
cold weather / cold season
lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded
reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture) / Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator)
lit. to fill the whole sky / everywhere / as far as the eye can see
(idiom) defiant of the law and lacking any sense of morality; lawless; out of control; unruly
freezing weather / frosty sky
lit. like the sun at noon (idiom) / fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc
supremely honorable and righteous
to chat
lit. to hide the sky with one hand / to hide the truth from the masses
(of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering; overwhelming; immense
man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
roseroot (Rhodiola rosea)
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)
filling the entire sky / covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)
heaven / the distant sky
human life is beyond value (idiom)
flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign
overwhelming stench (idiom)
to whine on for days (idiom) / to endlessly grumble complaints / incessant whining
to die
outrageously bold in one's lust / debauched (idiom)
(idiom) to have committed heinous crimes
harder than climbing to heaven (idiom)
hot (summer) day
(idiom) to harbor regrets for a lifetime
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
old name for Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 in modern Liaoning province
this day
next day / the morrow
three days from now / day after day after tomorrow
broad daylight
overpowering (of a stench)
Zoroastrianism
to make astronomical observation
see 三伏

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