"Stars" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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星辰 xīng chén stars
金星 jīn xīng gold star / stars (that one sees from blow to the head etc)
群雄 qún xióng outstanding heroes / warlords vying for supremacy (in former times) / stars (of sports or pop music)
星斗 xīng dǒu stars
三星 sān xīng three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation
星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star / the stars in the sky
当红 dāng hóng currently popular (of movie stars, singers etc)
星月 xīng yuè the moon and the stars
繁星 fán xīng many stars / a vast sky full of stars
花旗 huā qí the Stars and Stripes (US flag) / by extension, the United States of America / abbr. for Citibank 花旗銀行|花旗银行
晨星 chén xīng morning stars
星宿 xīng xiù constellation (arch., now 星座) / one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology / motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology)
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
斗转星移 Dǒu zhuǎn xīng yí lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved / time flies / also written 星移斗轉|星移斗转[xing1 yi2 Dou3 zhuan3]
三光 sān guāng the sun, the moon, and the stars
荧荧 yíng yíng a glimmer / twinkling (of stars, phosphorescence, candlelight) / flickering light
魁星 Kuí xīng stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the rectangular body of the dipper / Kuixing, Daoist God of fate
星条旗 xīng tiáo qí Stars and Stripes, the flag of the United States
寥若晨星 liáo ruò chén xīng rare as morning stars (idiom) / few and far between / sparse
星移斗转 xīng yí Dǒu zhuǎn lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved / time flies / also written 斗轉星移|斗转星移[Dou3 zhuan3 xing1 yi2]
罡 gāng stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper
杓 biāo (literary) handle of a spoon or ladle / (literary) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper
众星捧月 zhòng xīng pěng yuè lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to view sb as core figure / to group around a revered leader / to revolve around sb
灿若繁星 càn ruò fán xīng bright as a multitude of stars (idiom) / extremely able talent
目眩头昏 mù xuàn tóu hūn to be dizzy and see stars
九天揽月 jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè (idiom) to reach for the stars
眼冒金星 yǎn mào jīn xīng to see stars / dazed
七政四余 qī zhèng sì yú seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)
参宿 Shēn xiù Three Stars (Chinese constellation)
参宿七 Shēn xiù qī Rigel (star) / lit. seventh star of the Three Stars Chinese constellation
恒星年 héng xīng nián the sidereal year (astronomy) / the year defined in terms of the fixed stars
恒星际 héng xīng jì interstellar / between the fixed stars
星云表 xīng yún biǎo catalog of stars and nebulae
满天繁星 mǎn tiān fán xīng lit. whole sky, a multitude of stars
盼星星盼月亮 pàn xīng xīng pàn yuè liàng to wish for the stars and the moon / to have unreal expectations
众星拱辰 zhòng xīng gǒng chén lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[Bei3 chen2] (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to view sb as core figure / to group around a revered leader
祸福吉凶 huò fú jí xiōng fate / portent / luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology)
花旗国 huā qí guó USA (land of the stars and stripes)
七星计划  Seven Stars Plan
联合侦察目标攻击雷达系统 lián hé zhēn chá mù biāo gōng jī léi dá xì tǒng Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System / Joint STARS
扁担星 Biǎn dan xīng Altair and its two adjacent stars
天罡 Tiān gāng (old) the Big Dipper / (old) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper
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