to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) / CL:次[ci4]
to praise without cease (idiom) / praise sb to high heaven
天坛
Tiān tán
Temple of Heaven (in Beijing)
承运
chéng yùn
to provide transport / to accept the Mandate of Heaven / to acknowledge one's calling to be emperor
大运
Dà yùn
Mandate of Heaven / the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC / usually written 大運河|大运河[Da4 Yun4 he2]
顶天立地
dǐng tiān lì dì
lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom)
羽化
yǔ huà
levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion
齐天大圣
Qí tiān Dà shèng
Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
叱咤风云
chì zhà fēng yún
lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom) / fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful
不知天高地厚
bù zhī tiān gāo dì hòu
not to know the immensity of heaven and earth / an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities
开天辟地
kāi tiān pì dì
to split heaven and earth apart (idiom) / refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth
听天由命
tīng tiān yóu mìng
to submit to the will of heaven / to resign oneself to fate / to trust to luck
lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
拜天地
bài tiān dì
to worship heaven and earth / ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / also called 拜堂
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
Heaven is not cooperating (idiom) / the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
the benevolent man cannot be rich (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).
鸡犬升天
jī quǎn shēng tiān
lit. poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom) / fig. to ride on sb else's success / Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too / Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom) / to leak a secret / to let the cat out of the bag
泄露天机
xiè lù tiān jī
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom) / to leak a secret / to let the cat out of the bag
漏泄天机
lòu xiè tiān jī
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom) / to leak a secret / to let the cat out of the bag
为仁不富
wéi rén bù fù
the rich man cannot be benevolent (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).
疏而不漏
shū ér bù lòu
loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]) / the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
皇天不负苦心人
Huáng tiān bù fù kǔ xīn rén
Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually.
World Wide Web (WWW) / lit. ten-thousand dimensional net covering heaven and earth / term coined by China News Digest and abbr. to 萬維網|万维网[Wan4 wei2 wang3]
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom) / fig. to ride on sb else's success / Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too / Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom) / must not be revealed / I am not at liberty to inform you.
天机不可泄露
tiān jī bù kě xiè lù
lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom) / must not be revealed / I am not at liberty to inform you.
天无绝人之路
tiān wú jué rén zhī lù
Heaven never bars one's way (idiom) / don't despair and you will find a way through. / Never give up hope. / Never say die.
天网恢恢，疏而不失
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī
lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
tiān