Dictionary - results for sky

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
兲	兲	tiān	- variant of 天, heaven - sky
天	天	tiān	- day - sky - heaven
空	空	kōng	- empty - air - sky - in vain
天空	天空	tiānkōng	- sky
奣	奣	wěng	- clear and cloudless sky
昊	昊	hào	- vast and limitless - the vast sky
穹	穹	qióng	- vault - dome - the sky
霁	霽	jì	- sky clearing up
霭	靄	ǎi	- mist - haze - cloudy sky
叆	靉	ài	- misty - cloudy sky - dark - obscure
上天	上天	shàngtiān	- 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	上空	shàngkōng	- overhead - in the sky
仰天	仰天	yǎngtiān	- to face upwards - to look up to the sky
凌空	凌空	língkōng	- be high up in the sky
参天	參天	cāntiān	- reach high to the sky - tall - of great height
四灵	四靈	sìlíng	- four divinities - four divine emperors - four mythical creatures symbolic of propsperity and longevity, namely phoenix 鳳\|凤[feng4], turtle 龜\|龟[gui1], dragon 龍\|龙[long2], Chinese unicorn 麒麟[qi2 lin2] - also 四象[si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky
回天	回天	huítiān	- lit. to reverse the rotation of the sky - fig. to reverse a desperate situation
夜空	夜空	yèkōng	- night sky
天大	天大	tiāndà	- gargantuan - as big as the sky - enormous
天心	天心	tiānxīn	- center of the sky - will of heaven - will of the Gods - the monarch's will
天色	天色	tiānsè	- color of the sky - time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky - weather
天葬	天葬	tiānzàng	- sky burial (Tibetan funeral practice)
天蓝	天藍	tiānlán	- sky blue
弥天	彌天	mítiān	- filling the entire sky - covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)
排空	排空	páikōng	- to fly up to the sky
摩天	摩天	mótiān	- skyscraping - towering into the sky
升空	昇空	shēngkōng	- to rise to the sky - to lift off - to levitate - lift-off
昊天	昊天	hàotiān	- clear sky
星星	星星	xīngxing	- star in the sky
星空	星空	xīngkōng	- starry sky - the heavens
晴天	晴天	qíngtiān	- clear sky - sunny day
横空	橫空	héngkōng	- filling the atmosphere - covering the sky
泡影	泡影	pàoyǐng	- lit. soap bubble - pie in the sky - nothing
满天	滿天	mǎntiān	- whole sky
漫天	漫天	màntiān	- lit. to fill the whole sky - everywhere - as far as the eye can see
玄武	玄武	Xuánwǔ	- Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky) - (in Daoism) God of the north sky
当空	當空	dāngkōng	- overhead - up in the sky
碧空	碧空	bìkōng	- the blue sky
穹窿	穹窿	qiónglóng	- a dome - a vault - the sky
穹苍	穹蒼	qióngcāng	- the sky - the firmament - the vault of heaven
空中	空中	kōngzhōng	- in the sky - in the air
蔚蓝	蔚藍	wèilán	- azure - sky blue
蓝天	藍天	lántiān	- blue sky
连天	連天	liántiān	- reaching the sky - for days on end - incessantly
远天	遠天	yuǎntiān	- heaven - the distant sky
长空	長空	chángkōng	- (literary) the vast sky - (finance) eventual downturn - poor prospects in the long term
阴天	陰天	yīntiān	- cloudy day - overcast sky
陨落	隕落	yǔnluò	- to fall down - to decay - to fall from the sky - to die
霄汉	霄漢	xiāohàn	- the sky - heavens above - by extension, refers to the Imperial Court
霜天	霜天	shuāngtiān	- freezing weather - frosty sky
青天	青天	qīngtiān	- clear sky - blue sky - upright and honorable (official)
青云	青雲	qīngyún	- clear sky - fig. high official position - noble
半边天	半邊天	bànbiāntiān	- half the sky - women of the new society - womenfolk
鱼肚白	魚肚白	yúdùbái	- white (paint from dried fish guts) - marble white color of the dawn sky
不共戴天	不共戴天	bùgòngdàitiān	- (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky - absolutely irreconcilable
和尚打伞	和尚打傘	héshangdǎsǎn	- lit. monk holding an umbrella: no hair, no sky - fig. no protection from law (punning on 髮\|发[fa4] vs 法[fa3]) or from heaven
天翻地覆	天翻地覆	tiānfāndìfù	- sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion - everything turned on its head
晴空万里	晴空萬里	qíngkōngwànlǐ	- a clear and boundless sky
漫天飞舞	漫天飛舞	màntiānfēiwǔ	- (of snow etc) to fill the sky
直上云霄	直上雲霄	zhíshàngyúnxiāo	- to soar into the sky
终成泡影	終成泡影	zhōngchéngpàoyǐng	- finally a soap bubble (idiom); grandiose plans that end up with nothing - pie in the sky
翻天覆地	翻天覆地	fāntiānfùdì	- sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion - everything turned on its head
雨过天晴	雨過天晴	yǔguòtiānqíng	- 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]
雨过天青	雨過天青	yǔguòtiānqīng	- 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]
汉贼不两立	漢賊不兩立	Hànzéibùliǎnglì	- 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 CPC) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
妇女能顶半边天	婦女能頂半邊天	fùnǚnéngdǐngbànbiāntiān	- Woman can hold up half the sky - fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
面朝黄土背朝天	面朝黃土背朝天	miàncháohuángtǔbèicháotiān	- face to the ground, back to the sky