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  *天* | 天* | *天
day / sky / heaven
HSK 1
the sky; the heavens
HSK 2
sky
HSK 3
naive / innocent / artless
HSK 4
astronomy
HSK 5
talent / gift / genius / talented / gifted
HSK 5
natural gas
HSK 5
natural
HSK 6
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
HSK 6
paradise / heaven
HSK 6
gift / innate skill
HSK 7-9
antenna; aerial / (fig.) connection to higher authorities; channel to influential people
HSK 7-9
nature / disposition / innate / natural
HSK 7-9
swan
HSK 7-9
Catholicism
HSK 7-9
heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity
HSK 7-9
angel
HSK 7-9
scales (to weigh things)
HSK 7-9
overhead walkway / pedestrian bridge
HSK 7-9
nature / innate tendency
HSK 7-9
enduring while the world lasts (idiom) / eternal
HSK 7-9
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
HSK 7-9
natural gift / talent
HSK 7-9
Tianshui, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
aspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener)
predator; natural enemy
nickname of the FAST radio telescope (in Guizhou)
there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
heaven
asparagus
gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous
Goddam! / goddamn / wretched
every day
absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable
Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
astronomical telescope
number of days / fate / destiny
Tianjin municipality (abbr. to )
Milky Way / see 天河區|天河区
(loanword) tempeh
Tiantai school of Buddhism
(old) Arabia / Arabian
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)
middle of the forehead / imperial court / heaven
natural toxin
as if made by heaven
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style
natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect)
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
rooftop
heavenly decree; divine commandment; (fig.) unbreakable taboo; absolute edict (often humorous or sarcastic) / prohibition decrees of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国
mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret
(mythology) celestial horse / fine horse; Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus
hatchway / skylight / sun roof
astrophysics
(idiom) innocent and unaffected
extremely expensive / sky-high price
(loanword) paint thinner
Tianya Haijiao, tourism area on the south coast of Hainan, 24 km west of Sanya 三亞|三亚
the ends of the earth / separated worlds apart
providence / the Will of Heaven
celestial troops and generals (idiom) / fig. superior forces
horizon
Kingdom of Heaven
Mandate of Heaven / destiny / fate / one's life span
the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China / Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Heavenly Father
the 10 heavenly stems , , , , , , , , , , used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
pillars supporting heaven
vocation / duty / mission in life
immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman
emperor / god / Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title / see also 洪秀全
the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
god / deity
ceiling / awning
gantry traveling crane
lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed / I am not at liberty to inform you.
Tian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan
Phecda; Gamma Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
Teletubbies
Temple of Heaven (in Beijing)
bestowed by heaven
first under heaven / number one in the country
(honorific appellation of a deity)
balance scale / Taiwan pr. [tian1 ping2]
lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom) / fig. extravagant embellishments; hype
Tianqiao district of Jinan city 濟南市|济南市, Shandong / Tianqiao district in Beijing, formerly a center of folk culture
Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program
Heaven rewards the diligent. (idiom)
imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch
velvet / swan's down
lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom) / fig. flawless
(idiom) far apart / (idiom) from different places; from all over / (idiom) (to talk) about this and that
the wrath of Heaven / imperial displeasure

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