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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
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
daytime / during the day / day / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
Sunday
HSK 1
yesterday
HSK 1
autumn / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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
blue sky
HSK 6
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
lit. to hide the sky with one hand / to hide the truth from the masses
embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天) / inborn; innate; natural
HSK 7-9
rainy day / rainy weather
the same day
HSK 6
reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
every day
Heaven; Providence; God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die; to pass away / the previous day (or days)
culmination (astronomy)
the following day; next day
afternoon
(coll.) all day long / all the time
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
see 三伏
see 三伏
in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)
upside down / upturned
another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check
Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705
half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
HSK 7-9
to face upwards / to look up to the sky
the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year
a few days ago / a few days before / the past few days / the previous few days
Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯 (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
(of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky
human life is beyond value (idiom)
morning / a.m. / first half of the day
(Buddhism) to go to the Western Paradise / (fig.) to die
(coll.) to get one's just deserts / to serve sb right / to get one's share of (good or bad things) / every dog has its day
the day before (an event)
daily (law) / per diem
nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year
the dark / night
God / Heavens
to chat
to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse) / (fig.) to experience a major upheaval; to undergo sweeping change
(idiom) (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky; absolutely irreconcilable
the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens
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
Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need. / Food first, ethical niceties second
broad daylight
place of charm and beauty / scenery of exceptional charm / completely different world
to whine on for days (idiom) / to endlessly grumble complaints / incessant whining
(idiom) defiant of the law and lacking any sense of morality; lawless; out of control; unruly
to chat; to gossip
(idiom) to stink to high heaven
lit. to fill the whole sky / everywhere / as far as the eye can see
to reverse a desperate situation
cold weather / cold season
three days ago
(idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better / in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself
lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃) (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup / to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
outdoors / al fresco / in the open
HSK 7-9
skyscraping / towering into the sky
Lotte (South Korean conglomerate)
carefree / happy-go-lucky / optimistic
planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.
most of the day
morning
Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝
reckless / extremely daring
reaching the sky / for days on end / incessantly
overpowering (of a stench)
August Heaven; Heaven as supreme deity (often paired with 后土, the Earth Deity)
in a day or two; soon
Virupaksa (on of the Four Heavenly Kings)
clear sky
hot (summer) day
on that day
(idiom) the evil is overwhelming
firmament
the past few days
harder than climbing to heaven (idiom)
lit. to ascend to heaven / to die
lit. like the man of who feared the sky would fall (idiom) / fig. to entertain groundless fears
Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture) / Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator)
in full swing (idiom) / (in a) frenzy / buzzing with activity
(coll.) a long time
flying Apsara (Buddhist art)

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