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天空 tiān kōng sky
天 tiān day / sky / heaven
穹苍 qióng cāng the sky / the firmament / the vault of heaven
空 kōng empty / air / sky / in vain
霄汉 xiāo hàn the sky / the heavens / (fig.) imperial court
穹窿 qióng lóng a dome / a vault / the sky
穹 qióng vault / dome / the sky
空中 kōng zhōng in the sky / in the air
星星 xīng xing star in the sky
星空 xīng kōng starry sky / the heavens
蓝天 lán tiān blue sky
上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the day before / the sky above / to fly to the sky / to take off and fly into space / to die / to pass away
上空 shàng kōng overhead / in the sky
漫天 màn tiān lit. to fill the whole sky / everywhere / as far as the eye can see
天色 tiān sè color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather
蔚蓝 wèi lán azure / sky blue
夜空 yè kōng night sky
天大 tiān dà gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous
晴天 qíng tiān clear sky / sunny day
满天 mǎn tiān whole sky
凌空 líng kōng be high up in the sky
青云 qīng yún clear sky / fig. high official position / noble
仰天 yǎng tiān to face upwards / to look up to the sky
铺天盖地 pū tiān gài dì lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) / fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance
翱翔 áo xiáng to soar / to wheel about in the sky
海阔天空 hǎi kuò tiān kōng wide sea and sky (idiom) / boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun
长空 cháng kōng (literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term
升空 shēng kōng to rise to the sky / to lift off / to levitate / liftoff
繁星 fán xīng many stars / a vast sky full of stars
阴天 yīn tiān cloudy day / overcast sky
横空 héng kōng filling the atmosphere / covering the sky
从天而降 cóng tiān ér jiàng lit. to drop from the sky (idiom) / fig. to appear unexpectedly / to arise abruptly / out of the blue / to drop into one's lap
青天 qīng tiān clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official)
空降 kōng jiàng to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne
天蓝 tiān lán sky blue
参天 cān tiān reach high to the sky / tall / of great height
连天 lián tiān reaching the sky / for days on end / incessantly
摩天 mó tiān skyscraping / towering into the sky
天壤之别 tiān rǎng zhī bié lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / opposite extremes / a world of difference / a far cry from
当空 dāng kōng overhead / up in the sky
翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
半边天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
晴天霹雳 qíng tiān pī lì thunder from a clear sky (idiom) / a bolt from the blue
天旋地转 tiān xuán dì zhuàn the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom) / giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world
昊天 hào tiān clear sky
雨过天晴 yǔ guò tiān qíng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing1]
陨落 yǔn luò to fall down / to decay / to fall from the sky / to die
杞人忧天 Qǐ rén yōu tiān man of Qǐ / fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears
不共戴天 bù gòng dài tiān (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky / absolutely irreconcilable
星罗棋布 xīng luó qí bù scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom) / spread all over the place
碧空 bì kōng the blue sky
排空 pái kōng to drain out / to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky
四象 sì xiàng four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3]
昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times
天葬 tiān zàng sky burial (Tibetan funeral practice)
鱼肚白 yú dù bái white (paint from dried fish guts) / marble white color of the dawn sky
一手遮天 yī shǒu zhē tiān lit. to hide the sky with one hand / to hide the truth from the masses
弥天 mí tiān filling the entire sky / covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)
霜天 shuāng tiān freezing weather / frosty sky
坐井观天 zuò jǐng guān tiān lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom) / ignorant and narrow-minded
青天霹雳 qīng tiān pī lì thunder from a clear sky (idiom) / a bolt from the blue
乾 gān surname Qian / strong / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 / representing sky / male principle
霞 xiá rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
昊 hào vast and limitless / the vast sky
霭 ǎi mist / haze / cloudy sky
霁 jì sky clearing up
青云直上 qīng yún zhí shàng rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom) / rapid promotion to a high post / meteoric career
水天一色 shuǐ tiān yī sè water and sky merge in one color (idiom)
四脚朝天 sì jiǎo cháo tiān four legs facing the sky (idiom) / flat on one's back
戴盆望天 dài pén wàng tiān 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
扳龙附凤 bān lóng fù fèng hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom) / fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement
杞人之忧 Qǐ rén zhī yōu man of Qǐ / fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears
杞国之忧 Qǐ guó zhī yōu man of Qǐ / fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears
杞国忧天 Qǐ guó yōu tiān man of Qǐ / fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears
杞天之虑 Qǐ tiān zhī lu:4 man of Qǐ / fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears
漫天遍地 màn tiān biàn dì lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land / everywhere / as far as the eye can see
漫天遍野 màn tiān biàn yě lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land / everywhere / as far as the eye can see
碧海青天 bì hǎi qīng tiān green sea, blue sky (idiom) / sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow
雨过天青 yǔ guò tiān qīng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天晴|雨过天晴[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing2]
风雨如晦 fēng yǔ rú huì lit. wind and rain darken the sky (idiom) / fig. the situation looks grim
黑天半夜 hēi tiān bàn yè lit. the black sky of midnight / very late at night (idiom)
南箕北斗 nán jī běi dǒu lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom) / fig. sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
鹰击长空 yīng jī cháng kōng the eagle soars in the sky (citation from Mao Zedong)
一柱擎天 yī zhù qíng tiān lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom) / fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
汉贼不两立 Hàn zéi bù liǎng lì lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom) / fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky / (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
晴空万里 qíng kōng wàn lǐ a clear and boundless sky
遮天蔽日 zhē tiān bì rì lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) / fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance
四灵 sì líng four divinities / four divine emperors / four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳|凤[feng4], turtle 龜|龟[gui1], dragon 龍|龙[long2] and Chinese unicorn 麒麟[qi2 lin2] / also 四象[si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky
在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿做连理枝 zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
天低吴楚，眼空无物 tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom) / nothing to see to the broad horizon
天心 tiān xīn center of the sky / will of heaven / will of the Gods / the monarch's will
天摇地转 tiān yáo dì zhuǎn lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves / momentous changes are underway (idiom)
奣 wěng clear and cloudless sky
妇女能顶半边天 fù nu:3 néng dǐng bàn biān tiān Woman can hold up half the sky / fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
满天繁星 mǎn tiān fán xīng lit. whole sky, a multitude of stars
玄武 Xuán wǔ Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky) / (in Daoism) God of the north sky
目怆有天 mù chuàng yǒu tiān to look at the sky in sorrow
圣母峰 Shèng mǔ fēng Goddess peak (Nepalese: Sagarmatha, Sky Goddess) / refers to Mt Chomolungma or Qomolangma (Tibetan), Chinese 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰 / Mt Everest
远天 yuǎn tiān heaven / the distant sky
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