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  *天* | 天* | *天
day / sky / heaven
HSK 1
weather
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
paradise / heaven
HSK 6
natural
HSK 6
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
HSK 6
heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity
HSK 7-9
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
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
nickname of the FAST radio telescope (in Guizhou)
gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous
every day
Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
natural disaster
number of days / fate / destiny
Tianjin municipality (abbr. to )
the other end of the world / a faraway place
(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)
dawn / daybreak
middle of the forehead / imperial court / heaven
ceiling
as if made by heaven
natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect)
meteorological or astronomical phenomenon (e.g. rainbow or eclipse)
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
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program
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
Scorpio (constellation)
extremely expensive / sky-high price
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
stairway to heaven / high mountain road / tall ladder on a building or other large structure / space elevator
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style
providence / the Will of Heaven
celestial troops and generals (idiom) / fig. superior forces
god / deity
God (in Catholicism) / abbr. for 天主教, Catholicism
Gastrodia elata (botany)
horizon
the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order
Tiandeng county in Chongzuo 崇左, Guangxi
Kingdom of Heaven
Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇 / emperor / emperor of Japan
predator; natural enemy
Mandate of Heaven / destiny / fate / one's life span
the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
Heavenly Father
(idiom) innocent and unaffected
the 10 heavenly stems , , , , , , , , , , used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China / Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Tianzhu county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
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)
ceiling / awning
family bonds / ethical family relations
gantry traveling crane
Milky Way / Tianhe District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
Tian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan
Phecda; Gamma Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
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
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
Man and Heaven / celestial being
God of heaven / Celestial emperor
lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from)

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