| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 天 | 天 | tiān | - day - sky - heaven |
| 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 |
| 中天 | 中天 | zhōngtiān | - culmination (astronomy) |
| 九天 | 九天 | jiǔtiān | - the Ninth Heaven - the highest of the heavens |
| 今天 | 今天 | jīntiān | - today - at the present - now |
| 仰天 | 仰天 | yǎngtiān | - to face upwards - to look up to the sky |
| 伏天 | 伏天 | fútiān | - the hottest period of the year - see 三伏天[san1 fu2 tian1] |
| 先天 | 先天 | xiāntiān | - inborn - innate - natural |
| 全天 | 全天 | quántiān | - whole day |
| 冬天 | 冬天 | dōngtiān | - winter - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 冶天 | 冶天 | Yětiān | - ATI, brand name of AMD graphics cards |
| 冷天 | 冷天 | lěngtiān | - cold weather - cold season |
| 刑天 | 刑天 | Xíngtiān | - Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] |
| 前天 | 前天 | qiántiān | - the day before yesterday |
| 升天 | 升天 | shēngtiān | - lit. to ascend to heaven - to die |
| 半天 | 半天 | bàntiān | - half of the day - a long time - quite a while - midair - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 参天 | 參天 | cāntiān | - reach high to the sky - tall - of great height |
| 回天 | 回天 | huítiān | - lit. to reverse the rotation of the sky - fig. to reverse a desperate situation |
| 夏天 | 夏天 | xiàtiān | - summer - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 天上 | 天上 | tiānshàng | - celestial - heavenly |
| 天下 | 天下 | tiānxià | - land under heaven - the whole world - the whole of China - realm - rule |
| 天主 | 天主 | Tiānzhǔ | - God (in Catholicism) - abbr. for 天主教[Tian1 zhu3 jiao4], Catholicism |
| 天井 | 天井 | tiānjǐng | - courtyard - patio - veranda - atrium - acupuncture point TB10 |
| 天亮 | 天亮 | tiānliàng | - dawn - daybreak |
| 天人 | 天人 | tiānrén | - Man and Heaven - celestial being |
| 天仙 | 天仙 | tiānxiān | - immortal (esp. female) - deity - fairy - Goddess - fig. beautiful woman |
| 天份 | 天份 | tiānfèn | - variant of 天分[tian1 fen4] |
| 天使 | 天使 | tiānshǐ | - angel |
| 天候 | 天候 | tiānhòu | - weather |
| 天伦 | 天倫 | tiānlún | - family bonds - ethical family relations |
| 天价 | 天價 | tiānjià | - extremely expensive - sky-high price |
| 天儿 | 天兒 | tiānr | - the weather |
| 天全 | 天全 | Tiānquán | - Tianquan county in Ya'an 雅安[Ya3 an1], Sichuan |
| 天公 | 天公 | tiāngōng | - heaven - lord of heaven |
| 天冷 | 天冷 | tiānlěng | - cold weather |
| 天分 | 天分 | tiānfèn | - natural gift - talent |
| 天台 | 天台 | Tiāntāi | - Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗 - Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang |
| 天后 | 天后 | Tiānhòu | - Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] - Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) |
| 天呀 | 天呀 | tiānya | - Heavens! - My goodness! |
| 天命 | 天命 | Tiānmìng | - Mandate of Heaven - destiny - fate - one's life span |
| 天哪 | 天哪 | tiānna | - Good gracious! - For goodness sake! |
| 天国 | 天國 | tiānguó | - Kingdom of Heaven |
| 天地 | 天地 | tiāndì | - heaven and earth - world - scope - field of activity |
| 天堂 | 天堂 | tiāntáng | - paradise - heaven |
| 天坛 | 天壇 | Tiāntán | - Temple of Heaven (in Beijing) |
| 天外 | 天外 | TiānWài | - abbr. for 天津外國語大學|天津外国语大学[Tian1 jin1 Wai4 guo2 yu3 Da4 xue2] |
| 天大 | 天大 | tiāndà | - gargantuan - as big as the sky - enormous |
| 天天 | 天天 | tiāntiān | - every day |
| 天子 | 天子 | tiānzǐ | - the (rightful) emperor - "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) |
| 天宫 | 天宮 | Tiāngōng | - Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) |
| 天宁 | 天寧 | Tiānníng | - Tianning district of Changzhou city 常州市[Chang2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu |
| 天山 | 天山 | Tiānshān | - Tianshan mountain range between XinJiang and Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan |
| 天峨 | 天峨 | Tiāné | - Tian'e county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[He4 zhou1], Guangxi |
| 天峻 | 天峻 | Tiānjùn | - Tianjun county (Tibetan: then cun rdzong) in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai |
| 天帝 | 天帝 | Tiāndì | - God of heaven - Celestial emperor |
| 天干 | 天干 | tiāngān | - the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc |
| 天平 | 天平 | tiānpíng | - scales (to weigh things) |
| 天年 | 天年 | tiānnián | - natural life span |
| 天幸 | 天幸 | tiānxìng | - providential good luck - a narrow escape |
| 天底 | 天底 | tiāndǐ | - (astronomy) nadir |
| 天府 | 天府 | Tiānfǔ | - Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu) - land of plenty |
| 天庭 | 天庭 | tiāntíng | - middle of the forehead - imperial court - heaven |
| 天心 | 天心 | Tiānxīn | - Tianxin district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 shi4], Hunan |
| 天心 | 天心 | tiānxīn | - center of the sky - will of heaven - will of the Gods - the monarch's will |
| 天性 | 天性 | tiānxìng | - nature - innate tendency |
| 天意 | 天意 | tiānyì | - providence - the Will of Heaven |
| 天成 | 天成 | tiānchéng | - as if made by heaven |
| 天才 | 天才 | tiāncái | - talent - gift - genius - talented - gifted |
| 天择 | 天擇 | tiānzé | - natural selection |
| 天敌 | 天敵 | tiāndí | - predator - natural enemy |
| 天文 | 天文 | tiānwén | - astronomy |
| 天方 | 天方 | Tiānfāng | - (old) Arabia - Arabian |
| 天旱 | 天旱 | tiānhàn | - drought |
| 天明 | 天明 | tiānmíng | - dawn - daybreak |
| 天时 | 天時 | tiānshí | - the time - the right time - weather conditions - destiny - course of time - heaven's natural order |
| 天书 | 天書 | tiānshū | - imperial edict - heavenly book (superstition) - obscure or illegible writing - double dutch |
| 天朝 | 天朝 | Tiāncháo | - Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China - Taiping Heavenly Kingdom |
| 天柱 | 天柱 | Tiānzhù | - Tianzhu county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou |
| 天柱 | 天柱 | tiānzhù | - pillars supporting heaven |
| 天梯 | 天梯 | tiāntī | - stairway to heaven - high mountain road - tall ladder on a building or other large structure - space elevator |
| 天棚 | 天棚 | tiānpéng | - ceiling - awning |
| 天枢 | 天樞 | Tiānshū | - alpha Ursae Majoris |
| 天桥 | 天橋 | Tiānqiáo | - Tianqiao district of Ji'nan city 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 shi4], Shandong - Tianqiao district in Beijing, formerly a center of folk culture |
| 天桥 | 天橋 | tiānqiáo | - overhead walkway - pedestrian bridge |
| 天机 | 天機 | tiānjī | - mystery known only to heaven (archaic) - inscrutable twist of fate - fig. top secret |
| 天权 | 天權 | tiānquán | - delta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper |
| 天次 | 天次 | tiāncì | - number of days of sth taking place (e.g. days of heavy pollution) - days - occasions |
| 天气 | 天氣 | tiānqì | - weather |
| 天水 | 天水 | Tiānshuǐ | - Tianshui prefecture level city in Gansu |
| 天池 | 天池 | Tiānchí | - Lake Tianchi in Xinjiang |
| 天河 | 天河 | Tiānhé | - Milky Way - Tianhe district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 shi4], Guangdong |
| 天津 | 天津 | Tiānjīn | - Tianjin, a municipality in northeast China, abbr. 津 |
| 天涯 | 天涯 | tiānyá | - the other end of the world - a far-away place |
| 天渊 | 天淵 | tiānyuān | - distance between two poles - poles apart |
| 天沟 | 天溝 | tiāngōu | - (rainwater) gutter |
| 天演 | 天演 | tiānyǎn | - natural change - evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化|进化) |
| 天汉 | 天漢 | Tiānhàn | - the Milky Way |
| 天灾 | 天災 | tiānzāi | - natural disaster |
| 天然 | 天然 | tiānrán | - natural |
| 天父 | 天父 | tiānfù | - Heavenly Father |
| 天牛 | 天牛 | tiānniú | - Longhorn beetle |
| 天王 | 天王 | tiānwáng | - emperor - god - Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title - see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2] |
| 天球 | 天球 | tiānqiú | - celestial sphere |
| 天璇 | 天璇 | tiānxuán | - beta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper |
| 天玑 | 天璣 | tiānjī | - gamma Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper |
| 天生 | 天生 | tiānshēng | - nature - disposition - innate - natural |
| 天界 | 天界 | tiānjiè | - heaven |
| 天癸 | 天癸 | tiānguǐ | - (TCM) menstruation - period |
| 天皇 | 天皇 | tiānhuáng | - emperor - emperor of Japan |
| 天真 | 天真 | tiānzhēn | - naive - innocent - artless |
| 天神 | 天神 | tiānshén | - god - deity |
| 天禄 | 天祿 | tiānlù | - auspicious sculpted animal, usu. a unicorn or deer with a long tail - possession of the empire |
| 天秤 | 天秤 | Tiānchèng | - Libra (star sign) |
| 天空 | 天空 | tiānkōng | - sky |
| 天窗 | 天窗 | tiānchuāng | - hatchway - skylight - sun roof |
| 天竺 | 天竺 | Tiānzhú | - the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) |
| 天等 | 天等 | Tiānděng | - Tiandeng county in Chongzuo 崇左[Chong2 zuo3], Guangxi |
| 天篷 | 天篷 | tiānpéng | - canopy |
| 天籁 | 天籟 | tiānlài | - sounds of nature |
| 天线 | 天線 | tiānxiàn | - antenna - mast - connection with high-ranking officials |
| 天职 | 天職 | tiānzhí | - vocation - duty - mission in life |
| 天良 | 天良 | tiānliáng | - conscience |
| 天色 | 天色 | tiānsè | - color of the sky - time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky - weather |
| 天花 | 天花 | tiānhuā | - smallpox - ceiling - stamen of corn - (old) snow - (dialect) sesame oil |
| 天葬 | 天葬 | tiānzàng | - sky burial (Tibetan funeral practice) |
| 天蓝 | 天藍 | tiānlán | - sky blue |
| 天蝼 | 天螻 | tiānlóu | - mole cricket - slang word for agricultural pest Gryllotalpa |
| 天蝎 | 天蠍 | tiānxiē | - Scorpio (constellation) |
| 天诛 | 天誅 | tiānzhū | - heavenly punishment - king's punishment |
| 天谴 | 天譴 | tiānqiǎn | - the wrath of Heaven - imperial displeasure |
| 天象 | 天象 | tiānxiàng | - meteorological or astronomical phenomenon (e.g. rainbow or eclipse) |
| 天贝 | 天貝 | tiānbèi | - tempeh, traditional Indonesian dish made from deep-fried fermented soybean |
| 天资 | 天資 | tiānzī | - innate talent - gift - flair - native resource - dowry |
| 天赐 | 天賜 | tiāncì | - bestowed by heaven |
| 天赋 | 天賦 | tiānfù | - gift - innate skill |
| 天趣 | 天趣 | tiānqù | - natural charm (of writings, works of art etc) |
| 天车 | 天車 | tiānchē | - gantry traveling crane |
| 天道 | 天道 | tiāndào | - natural law - heavenly law - weather (dialect) |
| 天边 | 天邊 | tiānbiān | - horizon - ends of the earth - remotest places |
| 天镇 | 天鎮 | Tiānzhèn | - Tianzhen county in Datong 大同[Da4 tong2], Shanxi |
| 天长 | 天長 | Tiāncháng | - Tianchang county level city in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2 zhou1], Anhui |
| 天门 | 天門 | Tiānmén | - Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei |
| 天际 | 天際 | tiānjì | - horizon |
| 天险 | 天險 | tiānxiǎn | - a natural stronghold |
| 天电 | 天電 | tiāndiàn | - atmospherics - static |
| 天顶 | 天頂 | tiāndǐng | - zenith |
| 天顺 | 天順 | Tiānshùn | - Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, Temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1] |
| 天头 | 天頭 | tiāntóu | - the upper margin of a page |
| 天体 | 天體 | tiāntǐ | - celestial body - nude body |
| 天魔 | 天魔 | tiānmó | - demonic - devil |
| 天鹅 | 天鵝 | tiāné | - swan |
| 天麻 | 天麻 | tiānmá | - Gastrodia elata (botany) |
| 天黑 | 天黑 | tiānhēi | - to get dark - dusk |
| 奉天 | 奉天 | Fèngtiān | - old name for Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 in modern Liaoning province |
| 寒天 | 寒天 | hántiān | - chilly weather - (loanword from Japanese) agar-agar |
| 几天 | 幾天 | jǐtiān | - several days |
| 弥天 | 彌天 | mítiān | - filling the entire sky - covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc) |
| 后天 | 後天 | hòutiān | - the day after tomorrow - post-natal - acquired (not innate) - a posteriori |
| 成天 | 成天 | chéngtiān | - (coll.) all day long - all the time |
| 按天 | 按天 | àntiān | - daily (law) - per diem |
| 摩天 | 摩天 | mótiān | - skyscraping - towering into the sky |
| 改天 | 改天 | gǎitiān | - another day - some other time - to find another day (for appointment etc) - to take a rain check |
| 整天 | 整天 | zhěngtiān | - all day long - whole day |
| 昊天 | 昊天 | hàotiān | - clear sky |
| 明天 | 明天 | míngtiān | - tomorrow |
| 春天 | 春天 | chūntiān | - spring (season) - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 昨天 | 昨天 | zuótiān | - yesterday |
| 晴天 | 晴天 | qíngtiān | - clear sky - sunny day |
| 暑天 | 暑天 | shǔtiān | - hot (summer) day |
| 朝天 | 朝天 | Cháotiān | - Chaotian district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市[Guang3 yuan2 shi4], Sichuan |
| 朝天 | 朝天 | cháotiān | - to have an audience with the Emperor - to be presented at court - to look skyward - to look up |
| 梵天 | 梵天 | Fàntiān | - Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture) - Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator) |
| 乐天 | 樂天 | lètiān | - carefree - happy-go-lucky - optimistic |
| 归天 | 歸天 | guītiān | - to die |
| 每天 | 每天 | měitiān | - every day - everyday |
| 冲天 | 沖天 | chōngtiān | - to soar - to rocket |
| 洞天 | 洞天 | dòngtiān | - paradise - heavenly or beautiful place - fairyland |
| 测天 | 測天 | cètiān | - to make astronomical observation |
| 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 |
| 熏天 | 熏天 | xūntiān | - overpowering (of a stench) |
| 当天 | 當天 | dāngtiān | - on that day |
| 当天 | 當天 | dàngtiān | - the same day |
| 白天 | 白天 | báitiān | - daytime - during the day - day - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 秋天 | 秋天 | qiūtiān | - autumn - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 终天 | 終天 | zhōngtiān | - all day long - all one's life |
| 老天 | 老天 | lǎotiān | - God - Heavens |
| 聊天 | 聊天 | liáotiān | - to chat - to gossip |
| 胡天 | 胡天 | Hútiān | - Zoroastrianism |
| 航天 | 航天 | hángtiān | - space flight |
| 苍天 | 蒼天 | cāngtiān | - firmament |
| 蓝天 | 藍天 | lántiān | - blue sky |
| 西天 | 西天 | Xītiān | - the Western Paradise (Buddhism) |
| 谈天 | 談天 | tántiān | - to chat |
| 变天 | 變天 | biàntiān | - to undergo change in weather - restoration of reactionary rule or the previous regime |
| 这天 | 這天 | zhètiān | - today - this day |
| 连天 | 連天 | liántiān | - reaching the sky - for days on end - incessantly |
| 远天 | 遠天 | yuǎntiān | - heaven - the distant sky |
| 那天 | 那天 | nàtiān | - that day - the other day |
| 阴天 | 陰天 | yīntiān | - cloudy day - overcast sky |
| 隔天 | 隔天 | gétiān | - the next day - on alternate days |
| 雨天 | 雨天 | yǔtiān | - rainy day - rainy weather |
| 霜天 | 霜天 | shuāngtiān | - freezing weather - frosty sky |
| 露天 | 露天 | lùtiān | - outdoors - al fresco - in the open |
| 青天 | 青天 | qīngtiān | - clear sky - blue sky - upright and honorable (official) |
| 飞天 | 飛天 | fēitiān | - flying Apsara (Buddhist art) |
| 一半天 | 一半天 | yībàntiān | - in a day or two - soon |
| 三九天 | 三九天 | sānjiǔtiān | - the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year |
| 三伏天 | 三伏天 | sānfútiān | - three periods forming the hottest periods of summer, from mid-July to mid-August, namely: 初伏 (mid-July), 中伏 (late July to early August), 末伏 (mid-August) |
| 上半天 | 上半天 | shàngbàntiān | - morning |
| 上西天 | 上西天 | shàngxītiān | - to enter heaven - to rise to the Western Paradise |
| 下半天 | 下半天 | xiàbàntiān | - afternoon |
| 任天堂 | 任天堂 | Rèntiāntáng | - Nintendo |
| 俞天白 | 俞天白 | YúTiānbái | - Yu Tianbai (1937-), novelist |
| 信天游 | 信天游 | xìntiānyóu | - a style of folk music of Shaanxi |
| 信天翁 | 信天翁 | xìntiānwēng | - albatross (family Diomedeidae) |
| 先天性 | 先天性 | xiāntiānxìng | - congenital - intrinsic - innateness |
| 全天候 | 全天候 | quántiānhòu | - all-weather |
| 前一天 | 前一天 | qiányītiān | - the day before (an event) |
| 前半天 | 前半天 | qiánbàntiān | - morning - a.m. - first half of the day |
| 前几天 | 前幾天 | qiánjǐtiān | - a few days before |
| 刘天华 | 劉天華 | LiúTiānhuá | - Liu T'ien-hua |
| 包青天 | 包青天 | BāoQīngtiān | - Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty |
| 十天干 | 十天干 | shítiāngān | - the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III) |
| 半边天 | 半邊天 | bànbiāntiān | - half the sky - women of the new society - womenfolk |
| 南天门 | 南天門 | Nántiānmén | - The Southern Heavenly Gates - a name for a mountain pass gate in several places |
| 司天台 | 司天臺 | sītiāntái | - Observatory or Bureau of Astronomy (official title) from the Tang dynasty onwards |
| 吴天明 | 吳天明 | WúTiānmíng | - Wu Tianming (1939-), PRC film director |
| 增长天 | 增長天 | Zēngzhǎngtiān | - Virudhaka (one of the Heavenly Kings) |
| 多闻天 | 多聞天 | Duōwéntiān | - Vaisravana (one of the Heavenly Kings) |
| 大前天 | 大前天 | dàqiántiān | - three days ago |
| 大天鹅 | 大天鵝 | dàtiāné | - (Chinese bird species) whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) |
| 大后天 | 大後天 | dàhòutiān | - three days from now - day after day after tomorrow |
| 大白天 | 大白天 | dàbáitiān | - broad daylight |
| 天主教 | 天主教 | Tiānzhǔjiào | - Catholicism |
| 天元区 | 天元區 | Tiānyuánqū | - Tianyuan district of Zhuzhou city 株洲市, Hunan |
| 天兔座 | 天兔座 | Tiāntùzuò | - Lepus (constellation) |
| 天全县 | 天全縣 | Tiānquánxiàn | - Tianquan county in Ya'an 雅安[Ya3 an1], Sichuan |
| 天前配 | 天前配 | tiānqiánpèi | - soul mates - before heaven match |
| 天台宗 | 天台宗 | Tiāntáizōng | - Tiantai school of Buddhism |
| 天台山 | 天台山 | TiāntāiShān | - Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[Shao4 xing1] in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗[Tian1 tai2 zong1] |
| 天台县 | 天台縣 | Tiāntāixiàn | - Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang |
| 天后站 | 天后站 | Tiānhòuzhàn | - Tin Hau MTR station (Eastern District, Hong Kong Island) |
| 天地会 | 天地會 | Tiāndìhuì | - Tiandihui (Chinese fraternal organization) |
| 天城文 | 天城文 | Tiānchéngwén | - Devanagari alphabet used in India and Nepal |
| 天坛座 | 天壇座 | Tiāntánzuò | - Ara (constellation) |
| 天妇罗 | 天婦羅 | tiānfùluó | - tempura - deep-fried cooking - also called 甜不辣[tian2 bu4 la4] |
| 天安门 | 天安門 | Tiānānmén | - Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing |
| 天宁区 | 天寧區 | Tiānníngqū | - Tianning district of Changzhou city 常州市[Chang2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu |
| 天山区 | 天山區 | Tiānshānqū | - Tianshan district (Uighur: Tiyanshan rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang |
| 天峨县 | 天峨縣 | Tiānéxiàn | - Tian'e county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[He4 zhou1], Guangxi |
| 天峻县 | 天峻縣 | Tiānjùnxiàn | - Tianjun county (Tibetan: then cun rdzong) in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai |
| 天平动 | 天平動 | tiānpíngdòng | - (astronomy) libration |
| 天底下 | 天底下 | tiāndǐxia | - in this world - under the sun |
| 天心区 | 天心區 | Tiānxīnqū | - Tianxin district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 shi4], Hunan |
| 天文台 | 天文台 | tiānwéntái | - observatory |
| 天文学 | 天文學 | tiānwénxué | - astronomy |
| 天文馆 | 天文館 | tiānwénguǎn | - planetarium |
| 天晓得 | 天曉得 | tiānxiǎode | - Heaven knows! |
| 天枰座 | 天枰座 | Tiānpíngzuò | - Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac) - erroneous variant of 天秤座 |
| 天柱县 | 天柱縣 | Tiānzhùxiàn | - Tianzhu county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou |
| 天枢星 | 天樞星 | tiānshūxīng | - alpha Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper |
| 天桥区 | 天橋區 | Tiānqiáoqū | - Tianqiao district of Ji'nan city 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 shi4], Shandong |
| 天桥立 | 天橋立 | Tiānqiáolì | - Ama-no-hashidate in north of Kyōto prefecture 京都府 on the Sea of Japan |
| 天杀的 | 天殺的 | tiānshāde | - Goddam! - goddamn - wretched |
| 天水市 | 天水市 | Tiānshuǐshì | - Tianshui prefecture level city in Gansu |
| 天河区 | 天河區 | Tiānhéqū | - Tianhe district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 shi4], Guangdong |
| 天津市 | 天津市 | Tiānjīnshì | - Tianjin, a municipality in northeast China, abbr. 津 |
| 天演论 | 天演論 | tiānyǎnlùn | - the theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化論|进化论) |
| 天然气 | 天然氣 | tiānránqì | - natural gas |
| 天然铀 | 天然鈾 | tiānrányóu | - natural uranium |
| 天燕座 | 天燕座 | Tiānyànzuò | - Apus (constellation) |
| 天炉座 | 天爐座 | Tiānlúzuò | - Fornax (constellation) |
| 天狼星 | 天狼星 | Tiānlángxīng | - Sirius, a double star in constellation Canis Major 大犬座 |
| 天王星 | 天王星 | Tiānwángxīng | - Uranus (planet) |
| 天理教 | 天理教 | Tiānlǐjiào | - Tenrikyo (Japanese religion) |
| 天琴座 | 天琴座 | Tiānqínzuò | - Lyra (constellation) |
| 天疱疮 | 天皰瘡 | tiānpàochuāng | - (medicine) pemphigus |
| 天祝县 | 天祝縣 | Tiānzhùxiàn | - Tianzhu Tibetan autonomous county in Wuwei 武威[Wu3 wei1], Gansu |
| 天秤座 | 天秤座 | Tiānchèngzuò | - Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac) |
| 天穿日 | 天穿日 | tiānchuānrì | - a Hakka festival held on the 20th day of the first lunar month |
| 天竺葵 | 天竺葵 | tiānzhúkuí | - geranium (Pelargonium hortorum) |
| 天竺鼠 | 天竺鼠 | tiānzhúshǔ | - guinea pig - cavy |
| 天等县 | 天等縣 | Tiānděngxiàn | - Tiandeng county in Chongzuo 崇左[Chong2 zuo3], Guangxi |
| 天箭座 | 天箭座 | Tiānjiànzuò | - Sagitta (constellation) |
| 天罡星 | 天罡星 | tiāngāngxīng | - the Big Dipper |
| 天老儿 | 天老兒 | tiānlǎor | - albino (human) |
| 天老爷 | 天老爺 | tiānlǎoye | - see 老天爺|老天爷[lao3 tian1 ye2] |
| 天舟座 | 天舟座 | Tiānzhōuzuò | - Argo (constellation, now divided into Carina 船底座 and Puppis 船尾座) |
| 天花板 | 天花板 | tiānhuābǎn | - ceiling |
| 天蓝色 | 天藍色 | tiānlánsè | - azure |
| 天蟹座 | 天蟹座 | Tiānxièzuò | - Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac) - variant of 巨蟹座 |
| 天蝎座 | 天蠍座 | Tiānxiēzuò | - Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac) |
| 天象仪 | 天象儀 | tiānxiàngyí | - planetarium projector |
| 天猫座 | 天貓座 | Tiānmāozuò | - Lynx (constellation) |
| 天那水 | 天那水 | tiānnàshuǐ | - paint thinner |
| 天镇县 | 天鎮縣 | Tiānzhènxiàn | - Tianzhen county in Datong 大同[Da4 tong2], Shanxi |
| 天长市 | 天長市 | Tiānchángshì | - Tianchang county level city in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2 zhou1], Anhui |
| 天门冬 | 天門冬 | tiānméndōng | - asparagus |
| 天门市 | 天門市 | Tiānménshì | - Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei |
| 天青石 | 天青石 | tiānqīngshí | - lapis lazuli |
| 天鸽座 | 天鴿座 | Tiāngēzuò | - Columba (constellation) |
| 天鹅座 | 天鵝座 | Tiānézuò | - Cygnus (constellation) |
| 天鹅湖 | 天鵝湖 | TiānéHú | - Swan Lake |
| 天鹅绒 | 天鵝絨 | tiānéróng | - velvet - swan's down |
| 天鹤座 | 天鶴座 | Tiānhèzuò | - Grus (constellation) |
| 天鹰座 | 天鷹座 | Tiānyīngzuò | - Aquila (constellation) |
| 天龙座 | 天龍座 | Tiānlóngzuò | - Draco (constellation) |
| 好半天 | 好半天 | hǎobàntiān | - most of the day |
| 小天鹅 | 小天鵝 | Xiǎotiāné | - Little Swan (PRC appliance brand) |
| 小天鹅 | 小天鵝 | xiǎotiāné | - (Chinese bird species) tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) |
| 帽天山 | 帽天山 | Màotiānshān | - Mt Maotian in Chengjiang county 澄江縣|澄江县[Cheng2 jiang1 xian4], Yuxi, east Yunnan |
| 平天下 | 平天下 | píngtiānxià | - to pacify the country |
| 几天来 | 幾天來 | jǐtiānlái | - for the past few days |
| 底朝天 | 底朝天 | dǐcháotiān | - upside down - upturned |
| 广目天 | 廣目天 | Guǎngmùtiān | - Virupaksa (on of the Four Heavenly Kings) |
| 张天翼 | 張天翼 | ZhāngTiānyì | - Zhang Tian'yi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the magic gourd 寶葫蘆的秘密|宝葫芦的秘密 |
| 张闻天 | 張聞天 | ZhāngWéntiān | - Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist |
| 后天性 | 後天性 | hòutiānxìng | - acquired (characteristic etc) |
| 拜天地 | 拜天地 | bàitiāndì | - to worship heaven and earth - ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony - also called 拜堂 |
| 持国天 | 持國天 | Chíguótiān | - Dhritarashtra (one of the Four Heavenly Kings) |
| 捧上天 | 捧上天 | pěngshàngtiān | - to praise to the skies |
| 摩天楼 | 摩天樓 | mótiānlóu | - skyscraper - CL:座[zuo4] |
| 摩天轮 | 摩天輪 | mótiānlún | - Ferris wheel - observation wheel |
| 数九天 | 數九天 | shǔjiǔtiān | - nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year |
| 文天祥 | 文天祥 | WénTiānxiáng | - Wen Tianxiang (1236-1283), Song dynasty politician and poet, folk hero in resisting Mongol invasion in Jiangxi in 1275 |
| 新天地 | 新天地 | Xīntiāndì | - Xintiandi (shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai) |
| 明天启 | 明天啟 | MíngTiānqǐ | - Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校[Zhu1 You2 xiao4] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, Temple name 明熹宗[Ming2 Xi1 zong1] |
| 明天见 | 明天見 | míngtiānjiàn | - see you tomorrow |
| 星期天 | 星期天 | Xīngqītiān | - Sunday - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 普天下 | 普天下 | pǔtiānxià | - throughout the world |
| 月黑天 | 月黑天 | yuèhēitiān | - the dark - night |
| 朝天区 | 朝天區 | Cháotiānqū | - Chaotian district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市[Guang3 yuan2 shi4], Sichuan |
| 朝天椒 | 朝天椒 | cháotiānjiāo | - chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens var) |
| 朱孝天 | 朱孝天 | ZhūXiàotiān | - Ken Zhu (1979-), Taiwanese singer - actor |
| 李天王 | 李天王 | Lǐtiānwáng | - the pagoda bearing god |
| 李天禄 | 李天祿 | LǐTiānlù | - Li Tianlu (1910-1998), Taiwanese master puppeteer |
| 核冬天 | 核冬天 | hédōngtiān | - nuclear winter |
| 乐天派 | 樂天派 | lètiānpài | - happy-go-lucky people - optimists |
| 武则天 | 武則天 | WǔZétiān | - Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705 |
| 海青天 | 海青天 | Hǎiqīngtiān | - popular nickname of Hai Rui 海瑞[Hai3 Rui4] (1514-1587), Ming politician, famous for honesty and integrity |
| 浑天仪 | 渾天儀 | húntiānyí | - armillary sphere (astronomy) |
| 浑天说 | 渾天說 | húntiānshuō | - geocentric theory in ancient Chinese astronomy |
| 满天星 | 滿天星 | mǎntiānxīng | - Baby's Breath - Gypsophila paniculata |
| 满天飞 | 滿天飛 | mǎntiānfēi | - to rush around everywhere - always active |
| 破天荒 | 破天荒 | pòtiānhuāng | - unprecedented - for the first time - never before - first ever |
| 礼拜天 | 禮拜天 | Lǐbàitiān | - Sunday |
| 第二天 | 第二天 | dìèrtiān | - next day - the morrow |
| 红景天 | 紅景天 | hóngjǐngtiān | - roseroot - Rhodiola rosea |
| 老半天 | 老半天 | lǎobàntiān | - (coll.) a long time |
| 老天爷 | 老天爺 | lǎotiānyé | - God - Heavens |
| 聊天儿 | 聊天兒 | liáotiānr | - erhua variant of 聊天[liao2 tian1] |
| 聊天室 | 聊天室 | liáotiānshì | - chat room |
| 航天员 | 航天員 | hángtiānyuán | - astronaut |
| 航天器 | 航天器 | hángtiānqì | - spacecraft |
| 航天局 | 航天局 | hángtiānjú | - space agency |
| 詹天佑 | 詹天佑 | ZhānTiānyòu | - Zhan Tianyou (1861-1919), Chinese railroad engineer |
| 辩才天 | 辯才天 | biàncáitiān | - Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma) |
| 这几天 | 這幾天 | zhèjǐtiān | - the past few days |
| 野天鹅 | 野天鵝 | YěTiāné | - Wild Swans, family autobiography by British-Chinese writer Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2] - alternative title 鴻|鸿, after the author's original name 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2] |
| 金天翮 | 金天翮 | JīnTiānhé | - Jin Tianhe (1874-1947), late Qing poet and novelist, author of Flower in the sea of evil 孽海花 |
| 开天窗 | 開天窗 | kāitiānchuāng | - to leave a blank to mark censored area |
| 闲聊天 | 閑聊天 | xiánliáotiān | - to chat - idle gossip |
| 陈天华 | 陳天華 | ChénTiānhuà | - Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905 |
| 头半天 | 頭半天 | tóubàntiān | - morning - first half of the day |
| 马天尼 | 馬天尼 | Mǎtiānní | - Martini |
| 闹翻天 | 鬧翻天 | nàofāntiān | - to create a big disturbance |
| 鬼天气 | 鬼天氣 | guǐtiānqì | - awful weather |
| 一命归天 | 一命歸天 | yīmìngguītiān | - see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1] |
| 一天到晚 | 一天到晚 | yītiāndàowǎn | - all day long - the whole day |
| 一手遮天 | 一手遮天 | yīshǒuzhētiān | - lit. to hide the sky with one hand - to hide the truth from the masses |
| 一柱擎天 | 一柱擎天 | yīzhùqíngtiān | - lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom) - fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders |
| 一步登天 | 一步登天 | yībùdēngtiān | - reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success |
| 三天两头 | 三天兩頭 | sāntiānliǎngtóu | - lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day - frequently |
| 上天入地 | 上天入地 | shàngtiānrùdì | - lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades; fig. whichever way, I don't care - to decide to go ahead without foreboding |
| 不共戴天 | 不共戴天 | bùgòngdàitiān | - (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky - absolutely irreconcilable |
| 不啻天渊 | 不啻天淵 | bùchìtiānyuān | - no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely - worlds apart - the gap couldn't be bigger |
| 不终天年 | 不終天年 | bùzhōngtiānnián | - to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom) |
| 不见天日 | 不見天日 | bùjiàntiānrì | - all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice |
| 九天揽月 | 九天攬月 | jiǔtiānlǎnyuè | - to reach for the stars (idiom) |
| 九天玄女 | 九天玄女 | JiǔtiānXuánnǚ | - Xuan Nü, a fairy in Chinese mythology |
| 也有今天 | 也有今天 | yěyǒujīntiān | - (coll.) to get one's just deserts - to serve sb right - to get one's share of (good or bad things) - every dog has its day |
| 乳白天空 | 乳白天空 | rǔbáitiānkōng | - whiteout |
| 人命关天 | 人命關天 | rénmìngguāntiān | - human life is beyond value (idiom) |
| 人定胜天 | 人定勝天 | réndìngshèngtiān | - man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature |
| 人造天体 | 人造天體 | rénzàotiāntǐ | - artificial satellite |
| 人间天堂 | 人間天堂 | rénjiāntiāntáng | - heaven on Earth - nickname for the city Suzhou |
| 偷天换日 | 偷天換日 | tōutiānhuànrì | - to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom) - skulduggery - to hoodwink people - to cheat sb audaciously |
| 伤天害理 | 傷天害理 | shāngtiānhàilǐ | - to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven - outrageous acts |
| 先天不足 | 先天不足 | xiāntiānbùzú | - congenital deficiency - inherent weakness |
| 先天愚型 | 先天愚型 | xiāntiānyúxíng | - Down syndrome - trisomy 21 |
| 光天化日 | 光天化日 | guāngtiānhuàrì | - the full light of day (idiom) - fig. peace and prosperity - in broad daylight |
| 冰天雪地 | 冰天雪地 | bīngtiānxuědì | - a world of ice and snow |
| 别有天地 | 別有天地 | biéyǒutiāndì | - enchanting scenery - beautiful surroundings - world of its own |
| 别有洞天 | 別有洞天 | biéyǒudòngtiān | - place of charm and beauty - scenery of exceptional charm - completely different world |
| 前半天儿 | 前半天兒 | qiánbàntiānr | - erhua variant of 前半天[qian2 ban4 tian1] |
| 包打天下 | 包打天下 | bāodǎtiānxià | - to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business - not allow anyone else to have a look in |
| 受命于天 | 受命于天 | shòumìngyútiān | - to become Emperor by the grace of Heaven - to "receive the Mandate of Heaven" (traditional English translation) |
| 叫苦连天 | 叫苦連天 | jiàokǔliántiān | - to whine on for days (idiom) - to endlessly grumble complaints - incessant whining |
| 吉人天相 | 吉人天相 | jíréntiānxiàng | - see 吉人自有天相[ji2 ren2 zi4 you3 tian1 xiang4] |
| 名满天下 | 名滿天下 | míngmǎntiānxià | - world famous |
| 咫尺天涯 | 咫尺天涯 | zhǐchǐtiānyá | - so close, yet worlds apart (idiom) |
| 哭天抹泪 | 哭天抹淚 | kūtiānmǒlèi | - to wail and whine - piteous weeping |
| 哭声震天 | 哭聲震天 | kūshēngzhèntiān | - lit. cries of grief shake the heavens - great sorrow (idiom) |
| 喜从天降 | 喜從天降 | xǐcóngtiānjiàng | - joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news - unlooked-for happy event |
| 丧天害理 | 喪天害理 | sàngtiānhàilǐ | - devoid of conscience (idiom) |
| 丧尽天良 | 喪盡天良 | sàngjìntiānliáng | - devoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless |
| 四大天王 | 四大天王 | sìdàtiānwáng | - the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra) - the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha |
| 四脚朝天 | 四腳朝天 | sìjiǎocháotiān | - four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back |
| 回天乏术 | 回天乏術 | huítiānfáshù | - unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom) - to fail to save the situation |
| 回天无力 | 回天無力 | huítiānwúlì | - unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom) - to fail to save the situation |
| 国色天香 | 國色天香 | guósètiānxiāng | - national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty |
| 在天之灵 | 在天之靈 | zàitiānzhīlíng | - soul and spirit of the deceased |
| 地久天长 | 地久天長 | dìjiǔtiāncháng | - enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal - for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc) - also written 天長地久|天长地久 |
| 地老天荒 | 地老天荒 | dìlǎotiānhuāng | - see 天荒地老[tian1 huang1 di4 lao3] |
| 地角天涯 | 地角天涯 | dìjiǎotiānyá | - The ends of the earth |
| 坐井观天 | 坐井觀天 | zuòjǐngguāntiān | - lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded |
| 埋天怨地 | 埋天怨地 | mántiānyuàndì | - lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth - fig. to rave and rant |
| 大闹天宫 | 大鬧天宮 | DànàoTiāngōng | - Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 |
| 天下大乱 | 天下大亂 | tiānxiàdàluàn | - the whole country in rebellion |
| 天下太平 | 天下太平 | tiānxiàtàipíng | - the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity |
| 天下第一 | 天下第一 | tiānxiàdìyī | - first under heaven - number one in the country |
| 天主教徒 | 天主教徒 | Tiānzhǔjiàotú | - Catholic - follower of Catholicism |
| 天主教会 | 天主教會 | TiānzhǔJiàohuì | - the Catholic Church |
| 天人合一 | 天人合一 | tiānrénhéyī | - oneness of heaven and humanity - the theory that man is an integral part of nature |
| 天人感应 | 天人感應 | tiānréngǎnyìng | - interactions between heaven and mankind (Han Dynasty doctrine) |
| 天作之合 | 天作之合 | tiānzuòzhīhé | - a match made in heaven (idiom) |
| 天伦之乐 | 天倫之樂 | tiānlúnzhīlè | - family love and joy - domestic bliss |
| 天公地道 | 天公地道 | tiāngōngdìdào | - absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable |
| 天兵天将 | 天兵天將 | tiānbīngtiānjiàng | - celestial troops and generals (idiom) - fig. superior forces |
| 天冬氨酸 | 天冬氨酸 | tiāndōngānsuān | - aspartic acid (Asp), an amino acid |
| 天冬酰胺 | 天冬酰胺 | tiāndōngxiānàn | - asparagine (Asn), an amino acid |
| 天南地北 | 天南地北 | tiānnándìběi | - distant places - all over the country - (to talk) about this and that |
| 天南海北 | 天南海北 | tiānnánhǎiběi | - see 天南地北[tian1 nan2 di4 bei3] |
| 天各一方 | 天各一方 | tiāngèyīfāng | - (of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other |
| 天地悬隔 | 天地懸隔 | tiāndìxuángé | - lit. a gulf between heaven and earth - wide difference of opinion (idiom) |
| 天地玄黄 | 天地玄黃 | tiāndìxuánhuáng | - first line of the Thousand Character Classic 千字文[Qian1 zi4 wen2] |
| 天地良心 | 天地良心 | tiāndìliángxīn | - in all honesty - truth to tell |
| 天壤之别 | 天壤之別 | tiānrǎngzhībié | - lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom) - fig. night and day difference - opposite extremes - a world of difference - a far cry from |
| 天外来客 | 天外來客 | tiānwàiláikè | - visitors from outer space |
| 天妒英才 | 天妒英才 | tiāndùyīngcái | - heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship to contend with - those whom the Gods love die young |
| 天孙娘娘 | 天孫娘娘 | TiānsūnNiángniáng | - Goddess of Fertility |
| 天寒地冻 | 天寒地凍 | tiānhándìdòng | - cold weather, frozen ground (idiom); bitterly cold |
| 天崩地裂 | 天崩地裂 | tiānbēngdìliè | - heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster - fig. violent revolution - major social upheaval |
| 天差地別 | 天差地別 | tiānchādìbié | - poles apart (idiom) - as different as can be |
| 天差地远 | 天差地遠 | tiānchādìyuǎn | - poles apart (idiom) - entirely different |
| 天府之国 | 天府之國 | Tiānfǔzhīguó | - land of plenty - Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu) |
| 天悬地隔 | 天懸地隔 | tiānxuándìgé | - see 天差地遠|天差地远[tian1 cha1 di4 yuan3] |
| 天摇地转 | 天搖地轉 | tiānyáodìzhuǎn | - lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves - momentous changes are underway (idiom) |
| 天文单位 | 天文單位 | tiānwéndānwèi | - Astronomical Unit - AU - 149,567,892 km |
| 天文学家 | 天文學家 | tiānwénxuéjiā | - astronomer |
| 天方夜谭 | 天方夜譚 | TiānfāngYètán | - The Arabian Nights (classic story) |
| 天方夜谭 | 天方夜譚 | tiānfāngyètán | - fantasy story |
| 天旋地转 | 天旋地轉 | tiānxuándìzhuàn | - the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning - fig. huge changes in the world |
| 天星码头 | 天星碼頭 | Tiānxīngmǎtóu | - Star Ferry terminal, Hong Kong |
| 天气预报 | 天氣預報 | tiānqìyùbào | - weather forecast |
| 天水地区 | 天水地區 | Tiānshuǐdìqū | - Tianshui prefecture in Gansu |
| 天津大学 | 天津大學 | TiānjīnDàxué | - Tianjin University |
| 天津条约 | 天津條約 | TiānjīnTiáoyuē | - Treaty of Tianjin of 1858, a sequence of unequal treaties 不平等條約|不平等条约 between Russia, USA, England, France and Qing China |
| 天涯比邻 | 天涯比鄰 | tiānyábǐlín | - far-flung realms as next door (idiom); close in spirit although far away - absence makes the heart grow fonder |
| 天涯海角 | 天涯海角 | TiānyáHǎijiǎo | - Cape Haijiao in Sanya 三亞|三亚[San1 ya4], Hainan |
| 天涯海角 | 天涯海角 | tiānyáhǎijiǎo | - the ends of the earth - separated worlds apart |
| 天渊之别 | 天淵之別 | tiānyuānzhībié | - a complete contrast - totally different |
| 天灾人祸 | 天災人禍 | tiānzāirénhuò | - natural and man-made disasters (idiom); natural calamities (flood, drought, earthquake) added to human calamity (fire, famine, war, Microsoft software) |
| 天灾地孽 | 天災地孽 | tiānzāidìniè | - catastrophes and unnatural phenomena - Heaven-sent warnings |
| 天然本地 | 天然本地 | tiānránběndì | - natural background |
| 天然橡胶 | 天然橡膠 | tiānránxiàngjiāo | - natural rubber |
| 天然毒素 | 天然毒素 | tiānrándúsù | - natural toxin |
| 天然照亮 | 天然照亮 | tiānránzhàoliàng | - natural lighting |
| 天然纤维 | 天然纖維 | tiānránxiānwéi | - natural fiber |
| 天球赤道 | 天球赤道 | tiānqiúchìdào | - celestial equator |
| 天理难容 | 天理難容 | tiānlǐnánróng | - Heaven cannot tolerate this (idiom) - intolerable behavior |
| 天琴星座 | 天琴星座 | Tiānqínxīngzuò | - Lyra, constellation containing Vega 織女星|织女星[Zhi1 nu:3 xing1] |
| 天真烂漫 | 天真爛漫 | tiānzhēnlànmàn | - innocent and unaffected |
| 天竺牡丹 | 天竺牡丹 | tiānzhúmǔdan | - dahlia |
| 天经地义 | 天經地義 | tiānjīngdìyì | - lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper - right and unalterable - a matter of course |
| 天网恢恢 | 天網恢恢 | tiānwǎnghuīhuī | - 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 |
| 天线宝宝 | 天線寶寶 | TiānxiànBǎobǎo | - Teletubbies |
| 天罗地网 | 天羅地網 | tiānluódìwǎng | - inescapable net (idiom) - trap - dragnet |
| 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 |
| 天花乱坠 | 天花亂墜 | tiānhuāluànzhuì | - lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom) - fig. extravagant embellishments - hype |
| 天花病毒 | 天花病毒 | tiānhuābìngdú | - variola virus |
| 天荒地老 | 天荒地老 | tiānhuāngdìlǎo | - until the end of time (idiom) |
| 天行赤眼 | 天行赤眼 | tiānxíngchìyǎn | - acute contagious conjunctivitis (TCM) |
| 天衣无缝 | 天衣無縫 | tiānyīwúfèng | - lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom) - fig. flawless |
| 天路历程 | 天路歷程 | TiānlùLìchéng | - Pilgrim's Progress, 1678 novel by John Bunyan (first Chinese translation 1851) |
| 天造地设 | 天造地設 | tiānzàodìshè | - lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom) - ideal - perfect - (of a match) made in heaven - to be made for one another |
| 天道酬勤 | 天道酬勤 | tiāndàochóuqín | - Heaven rewards the diligent. (idiom) |
| 天长地久 | 天長地久 | tiānchángdìjiǔ | - enduring while the world lasts (idiom) - eternal |
| 天长日久 | 天長日久 | tiānchángrìjiǔ | - after a long time (idiom) |
| 天门冬科 | 天門冬科 | tiānméndōngkē | - Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus |
| 天雨路滑 | 天雨路滑 | tiānyùlùhuá | - roads are slippery due to rain (idiom) |
| 天雨顺延 | 天雨順延 | tiānyǔshùnyán | - weather permitting (idiom) |
| 天香国色 | 天香國色 | tiānxiāngguósè | - divine fragrance, national grace (idiom); an outstanding beauty |
| 天马行空 | 天馬行空 | tiānmǎxíngkōng | - like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) - (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative - unconstrained in style |
| 天惊石破 | 天驚石破 | tiānjīngshípò | - see 石破天驚|石破天惊[shi2 po4 tian1 jing1] |
| 天体主义 | 天體主義 | tiāntǐzhǔyì | - nudism |
| 天体力学 | 天體力學 | tiāntǐlìxué | - celestial mechanics |
| 天体物理 | 天體物理 | tiāntǐwùlǐ | - astrophysics |
| 天龙八部 | 天龍八部 | TiānlóngBāBù | - Demigods and Semi-Devils, wuxia novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] and its TV and screen adaptations |
| 太平天国 | 太平天國 | TàipíngTiānguó | - Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864) |
| 威震天下 | 威震天下 | wēizhèntiānxià | - formidable renown gives one authority over the whole country |
| 弥天大谎 | 彌天大謊 | mítiāndàhuǎng | - a pack of lies (idiom) |
| 得天独厚 | 得天獨厚 | détiāndúhòu | - (of an area) rich in resources - (of a person) gifted or able (idiom) |
| 从天而降 | 從天而降 | cóngtiānérjiàng | - lit. to drop from the sky (idiom) - fig. to appear unexpectedly - to arise abruptly - out of the blue - to drop into one's lap |
| 微波天线 | 微波天線 | wēibōtiānxiàn | - microwave antenna |
| 怨天尤人 | 怨天尤人 | yuàntiānyóurén | - (idiom) to blame the gods and accuse others |
| 怨天载道 | 怨天載道 | yuàntiānzàidào | - lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around - discontent is openly voiced |
| 恩比天大 | 恩比天大 | ēnbǐtiāndà | - to be as kind and benevolent as heaven (idiom) |
| 悲天悯人 | 悲天憫人 | bēitiānmǐnrén | - to bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind |
| 应天承运 | 應天承運 | yìngtiānchéngyùn | - lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven - the Divine Right of kings |
| 应天顺时 | 應天順時 | yìngtiānshùnshí | - lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven - the Divine Right of kings |
| 戴盆望天 | 戴盆望天 | dàipénwàngtiān | - 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 |
| 托塔天王 | 托塔天王 | Tuōtǎtiānwáng | - the pagoda bearing god |
| 捧到天上 | 捧到天上 | pěngdàotiānshàng | - lit. to hold up to the skies - fig. to praise lavishly |
| 掀天揭地 | 掀天揭地 | xiāntiānjiēdì | - earth-shattering |
| 扫除天下 | 掃除天下 | sǎochútiānxià | - to sweep away evil - to purge (the world of crime) |
| 摩天大厦 | 摩天大廈 | mótiāndàshà | - skyscraper - CL:座[zuo4] |
| 摩天大楼 | 摩天大樓 | mótiāndàlóu | - skyscraper - CL:座[zuo4] |
| 撼天动地 | 撼天動地 | hàntiāndòngdì | - earth-shaking |
| 据守天险 | 據守天險 | jùshǒutiānxiǎn | - to guard a natural stronghold |
| 数九寒天 | 數九寒天 | shǔjiǔhántiān | - nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year |
| 日本天皇 | 日本天皇 | Rìběntiānhuáng | - Emperor of Japan |
| 昏天黑地 | 昏天黑地 | hūntiānhēidì | - lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) - fig. pitch dark - to black out - disorderly - troubled times |
| 晚半天儿 | 晚半天兒 | wǎnbantiānr | - late afternoon |
| 普天同庆 | 普天同慶 | pǔtiāntóngqìng | - everybody celebrating together - universal celebration - universal rejoicing |
| 晴天霹雳 | 晴天霹靂 | qíngtiānpīlì | - thunder from a clear sky (idiom); a bolt from the blue |
| 暗无天日 | 暗無天日 | ànwútiānrì | - all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice |
| 暴殄天物 | 暴殄天物 | bàotiǎntiānwù | - to waste natural resources recklessly - not to know how to use things sparingly |
| 最后一天 | 最後一天 | zuìhòuyītiān | - final day |
| 杞人忧天 | 杞人憂天 | Qǐrényōutiān | - man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears |
| 杞国忧天 | 杞國憂天 | Qǐguóyōutiān | - man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears |
| 杞天之虑 | 杞天之慮 | Qǐtiānzhīlǜ | - man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears |
| 乐天知命 | 樂天知命 | lètiānzhīmìng | - to be content with what one is |
| 欢天喜地 | 歡天喜地 | huāntiānxǐdì | - delighted - with great joy - in high spirits |
| 水天一色 | 水天一色 | shuǐtiānyīsè | - water and sky merge in one color (idiom) |
| 沙尘天气 | 沙塵天氣 | shāchéntiānqì | - spring sandstorms (common in Northern China) |
| 泄漏天机 | 泄漏天機 | xièlòutiānjī | - to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret - to let the cat out of the bag |
| 泄露天机 | 泄露天機 | xièlùtiānjī | - to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret - to let the cat out of the bag |
| 洪福齐天 | 洪福齊天 | hóngfúqítiān | - flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign |
| 海角天涯 | 海角天涯 | hǎijiǎotiānyá | - see 天涯海角[tian1 ya2 hai3 jiao3] |
| 海阔天空 | 海闊天空 | hǎikuòtiānkōng | - wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas - the whole wide world - chatting about everything under the sun |
| 浑然天成 | 渾然天成 | húnrántiānchéng | - to resemble nature itself - of the highest quality (idiom) |
| 满天繁星 | 滿天繁星 | mǎntiānfánxīng | - lit. whole sky, a multitude of stars |
| 漏泄天机 | 漏洩天機 | lòuxiètiānjī | - to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret - to let the cat out of the bag |
| 漫天要价 | 漫天要價 | màntiānyàojià | - to ask for sky-high prices |
| 漫天遍地 | 漫天遍地 | màntiānbiàndì | - lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere - as far as the eye can see |
| 漫天遍野 | 漫天遍野 | màntiānbiànyě | - lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere - as far as the eye can see |
| 漫天飞舞 | 漫天飛舞 | màntiānfēiwǔ | - (of snow etc) to fill the sky |
| 浊臭熏天 | 濁臭熏天 | zhuóchòuxūntiān | - stinks to high heaven |
| 无法无天 | 無法無天 | wúfǎwútiān | - regardless of the law and of natural morality (idiom); maverick - undisciplined and out of control |
| 热火朝天 | 熱火朝天 | rèhuǒcháotiān | - in full swing (idiom) - (in a) frenzy - buzzing with activity |
| 物竞天择 | 物競天擇 | wùjìngtiānzé | - natural selection |
| 狗胆包天 | 狗膽包天 | gǒudǎnbāotiān | - extremely daring (idiom) - foolhardy |
| 异想天开 | 異想天開 | yìxiǎngtiānkāi | - to imagine the wildest thing - to indulge in fantasy |
| 疣鼻天鹅 | 疣鼻天鵝 | yóubítiāné | - (Chinese bird species) mute swan (Cygnus olor) |
| 皇天后土 | 皇天后土 | huángtiānhòutǔ | - heaven and earth (idiom) |
| 目怆有天 | 目愴有天 | mùchuàngyǒutiān | - to look at the sky in sorrow |
| 瞒天大谎 | 瞞天大謊 | mántiāndàhuǎng | - enormous lie - whopper |
| 瞒天过海 | 瞞天過海 | mántiānguòhǎi | - to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) - to achieve one's aim by underhanded means |
| 石破天惊 | 石破天驚 | shípòtiānjīng | - earth-shattering - breakthrough - remarkable and original work |
| 炮火连天 | 砲火連天 | pàohuǒliántiān | - cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war |
| 碧海青天 | 碧海青天 | bìhǎiqīngtiān | - green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade - loneliness of faithful widow |
| 素面朝天 | 素面朝天 | sùmiàncháotiān | - lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom) - fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup - to present oneself just as one is, without artifice |
| 终天之恨 | 終天之恨 | zhōngtiānzhīhèn | - eternal regret |
| 罪恶滔天 | 罪惡滔天 | zuìètāotiān | - evil crimes fill heaven (idiom) |
| 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 |
| 听天安命 | 聽天安命 | tīngtiānānmìng | - to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom) |
| 听天由命 | 聽天由命 | tīngtiānyóumìng | - to submit to the will of heaven - to resign oneself to fate - to trust to luck |
| 胡天胡帝 | 胡天胡帝 | hútiānhúdì | - with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom) - reckless - intemperate |
| 胆大包天 | 膽大包天 | dǎndàbāotiān | - reckless - extremely daring |
| 臭气熏天 | 臭氣熏天 | chòuqìxūntiān | - overwhelming stench (idiom) |
| 舜日尧天 | 舜日堯天 | ShùnrìYáotiān | - sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds |
| 航天中心 | 航天中心 | hángtiānzhōngxīn | - space center |
| 航天飞机 | 航天飛機 | hángtiānfēijī | - space shuttle |
| 色胆包天 | 色膽包天 | sèdǎnbāotiān | - to be driven by strong sexual urge (to do sth) (idiom) |
| 花天酒地 | 花天酒地 | huātiānjiǔdì | - to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures - life of debauchery |
| 万恶滔天 | 萬惡滔天 | wànètāotiān | - so much evil that it reaches all the way to heaven (idiom) |
| 融雪天气 | 融雪天氣 | róngxuětiānqì | - a thaw |
| 谈天说地 | 談天說地 | tántiānshuōdì | - to talk endlessly - talking of anything under the sun |
| 谢天谢地 | 謝天謝地 | xiètiānxièdì | - Thank heavens! - Thank goodness that's worked out so well! |
| 贪天之功 | 貪天之功 | tāntiānzhīgōng | - to claim credit for other people's achievements (idiom) |
| 转浑天仪 | 轉渾天儀 | zhuànhúntiānyí | - armillary sphere (astronomy) |
| 近地天体 | 近地天體 | jìndìtiāntǐ | - near-Earth object (NEO) |
| 逃税天堂 | 逃稅天堂 | táoshuìtiāntáng | - tax haven |
| 通天彻地 | 通天徹地 | tōngtiānchèdì | - to know all under heaven - exceptionally talented (idiom) |
| 进了天堂 | 進了天堂 | jìnletiāntáng | - to die - to enter the hall of heaven |
| 过街天桥 | 過街天橋 | guòjiētiānqiáo | - skywalk - pedestrian bridge |
| 违天害理 | 違天害理 | wéitiānhàilǐ | - lit. violating heaven and reason (idiom); immoral character |
| 违天逆理 | 違天逆理 | wéitiānnìlǐ | - lit. violating heaven and reason (idiom); immoral character |
| 遮天蔽日 | 遮天蔽日 | zhētiānbìrì | - lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering - omnipresent - of universal importance |
| 重睹天日 | 重睹天日 | chóngdǔtiānrì | - to see the light again (idiom); delivered from oppression |
| 重见天日 | 重見天日 | chóngjiàntiānrì | - to see the light again (idiom); delivered from oppression |
| 铺天盖地 | 鋪天蓋地 | pūtiāngàidì | - lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering - omnipresent - of universal importance |
| 开天避地 | 開天避地 | kāitiānbìdì | - to open the sky and divide the earth - ref. to Pangu 盤古|盘古 in the Chinese creation myth |
| 开天辟地 | 開天闢地 | kāitiānpìdì | - to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth |
| 鸡犬升天 | 雞犬升天 | jīquǎnshēngtiān | - 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 |
| 难于登天 | 難於登天 | nányúdēngtiān | - harder than climbing to heaven (idiom) |
| 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] |
| 雷达天线 | 雷達天線 | léidátiānxiàn | - radar antenna |
| 震天价响 | 震天價響 | zhèntiāngaxiǎng | - an earth-shaking noise (idiom) |
| 震天动地 | 震天動地 | zhèntiāndòngdì | - to shake heaven and earth (idiom) |
| 露天堆栈 | 露天堆棧 | lùtiānduīzhàn | - open-air repository - open-air depot |
| 露天宿营 | 露天宿營 | lùtiānsùyíng | - camping in the open - living outdoors |
| 青天白日 | 青天白日 | qīngtiānbáirì | - in broad daylight - in the middle of the day - KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background |
| 青天霹雳 | 青天霹靂 | qīngtiānpīlì | - thunder from a clear sky (idiom); a bolt from the blue |
| 顶天立地 | 頂天立地 | dǐngtiānlìdì | - lit. able to support both heaven and earth - of indomitable spirit (idiom) |
| 顺应天时 | 順應天時 | shùnyìngtiānshí | - going with nature and the seasons (TCM) |
| 颐养天年 | 頤養天年 | yíyǎngtiānnián | - to care for oneself for one's allotted life span (idiom); to retire |
| 头半天儿 | 頭半天兒 | tóubàntiānr | - erhua variant of 頭半天|头半天[tou2 ban4 tian1] |
| 惊天动地 | 驚天動地 | jīngtiāndòngdì | - world-shaking (idiom) |
| 黑天半夜 | 黑天半夜 | hēitiānbànyè | - lit. the black sky of midnight - very late at night (idiom) |
| 齐天大圣 | 齊天大聖 | QítiānDàshèng | - 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] |
| 一天一个样 | 一天一個樣 | yītiānyīgeyàng | - to change from day to day |
| 倚天屠龙记 | 倚天屠龍記 | YǐtiānTúlóngJì | - Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2], martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] and its screen adaptations |
| 先天性缺陷 | 先天性缺陷 | xiāntiānxìngquēxiàn | - birth defect |
| 国家航天局 | 國家航天局 | GuójiāHángtiānjú | - China National Space Administration (CNSA) |
| 天上下刀子 | 天上下刀子 | tiānshàngxiàdāozi | - lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom) - fig. (even if) the sky crumbles |
| 天主的羔羊 | 天主的羔羊 | TiānzhǔdeGāoyáng | - the Lamb of God |
| 天使报喜节 | 天使報喜節 | Tiānshǐbàoxǐjié | - Annunciation (Christian festival on 25th March) - Lady day |
| 天公不作美 | 天公不作美 | tiāngōngbùzuòměi | - the weather is not cooperating (idiom) - bad weather |
| 天安门广场 | 天安門廣場 | TiānānménGuǎngchǎng | - Tiananmen Square |
| 天安门开了 | 天安門開了 | Tiānānménkāile | - pants fly is down - the barn door is open |
| 天文学大成 | 天文學大成 | TiānwénxuéDàchéng | - the Almagest by Ptolemy |
| 天涯若比邻 | 天涯若比鄰 | tiānyáruòbǐlín | - far-flung realms as next door (idiom); close in spirit although far away - absence makes the heart grow fonder |
| 天生的一对 | 天生的一對 | tiānshēngdeyīduì | - couple who were made for each other |
| 天体光谱学 | 天體光譜學 | tiāntǐguāngpǔxué | - astronomical spectroscopy |
| 天体演化学 | 天體演化學 | tiāntǐyǎnhuàxué | - cosmogony |
| 天体物理学 | 天體物理學 | tiāntǐwùlǐxué | - astrophysics |
| 欧洲航天局 | 歐洲航天局 | ŌuzhōuHángtiānjú | - European Space Agency (ESA) |
| 比登天还难 | 比登天還難 | bǐdēngtiānháinán | - lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom) - fig. extremely difficult - far from an easy task |
| 民以食为天 | 民以食為天 | mínyǐshíwéitiān | - Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need. - Food first, ethical niceties second |
| 浙江天台县 | 浙江天台縣 | ZhèjiāngTiāntáixiàn | - Tiantai County in Zhejiang |
| 短尾信天翁 | 短尾信天翁 | duǎnwěixìntiānwēng | - (Chinese bird species) short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) |
| 耶稣升天节 | 耶穌升天節 | YēsūShēngtiānjié | - Ascension Day (Christian festival forty days after Easter) |
| 圣母升天节 | 聖母升天節 | Shèngmǔshēngtiānjié | - Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August) |
| 航空航天局 | 航空航天局 | hángkōnghángtiānjú | - air and space agency |
| 长白山天池 | 長白山天池 | Chángbáishāntiānchí | - Changbaishan Tianchi, volcanic lake in Jilin province |
| 露天大戏院 | 露天大戲院 | lùtiāndàxìyuàn | - open-air amphitheater |
| 青天大老爷 | 青天大老爺 | qīngtiāndàlǎoye | - (coll.) just and incorruptible official |
| 黄土不露天 | 黃土不露天 | huángtǔbùlùtiān | - a slogan used in reference to a project to improve greenery in some parts of Northern China |
| 黑奴吁天录 | 黑奴籲天錄 | Hēinúyùtiānlù | - Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓|林纾 |
| 黑背信天翁 | 黑背信天翁 | hēibèixìntiānwēng | - (Chinese bird species) Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) |
| 黑脚信天翁 | 黑腳信天翁 | hēijiǎoxìntiānwēng | - (Chinese bird species) black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) |
| 不知天高地厚 | 不知天高地厚 | bùzhītiāngāodìhòu | - not to know the immensity of heaven and earth - an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities |
| 人算不如天算 | 人算不如天算 | rénsuànbùrútiānsuàn | - God's plans supercede our own - Man proposes but God disposes |
| 友谊地久天长 | 友誼地久天長 | Yǒuyìdìjiǔtiāncháng | - Auld Lang Syne, Scottish song with lyrics by Robert Burns 羅伯特・伯恩斯|罗伯特・伯恩斯[Luo2 bo2 te4 · Bo2 en1 si1], sung to mark the start of a new year or as a farewell - also rendered 友誼萬歲|友谊万岁[You3 yi4 wan4 sui4] or 友誼天長地久|友谊天长地久[You3 yi4 tian1 chang2 di4 jiu3] |
| 友谊天长地久 | 友誼天長地久 | Yǒuyìtiānchángdìjiǔ | - see 友誼地久天長|友谊地久天长[You3 yi4 di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2] |
| 吉人自有天相 | 吉人自有天相 | jírénzìyǒutiānxiàng | - Heaven helps the worthy (idiom) |
| 唯恐天下不乱 | 唯恐天下不亂 | wéikǒngtiānxiàbùluàn | - motivated by a desire to see the world in chaos - lest all under heaven's not in chaos and disorder |
| 天不怕地不怕 | 天不怕地不怕 | tiānbùpàdìbùpà | - fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom) - fearless |
| 天佑吾人基业 | 天佑吾人基業 | tiānyòuwúrénjīyè | - annuit coeptis |
| 天才出自勤奋 | 天才出自勤奮 | tiāncáichūzìqínfèn | - genius comes from hard effort - Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration (Thomas Edison) |
| 天时地利人和 | 天時地利人和 | tiānshídìlìrénhé | - the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom); a good time to go to war |
| 天机不可泄漏 | 天機不可泄漏 | tiānjībùkěxièlòu | - 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 | 天機不可泄露 | tiānjībùkěxièlù | - lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed - I am not at liberty to inform you. |
| 天津会议专条 | 天津會議專條 | Tiānjīnhuìyìzhuāntiáo | - Tianjin agreement of 1885 between Li Hongzhang 李鴻章|李鸿章[Li3 Hong2 zhang1] and ITŌ Hirobumi 伊藤博文[Yi1 teng2 Bo2 wen2] to pull Qing and Japanese troops out of Korea |
| 天无绝人之路 | 天無絕人之路 | tiānwújuérénzhīlù | - Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through. - Never give up hope. - Never say die. |
| 天体物理学家 | 天體物理學家 | tiāntǐwùlǐxuéjiā | - astrophysicist |
| 惟恐天下不乱 | 惟恐天下不亂 | wéikǒngtiānxiàbùluàn | - motivated by a desire to see the world in chaos - lest all under heaven's not in chaos and disorder |
| 漏水转浑天仪 | 漏水轉渾天儀 | lòushuǐzhuànhúntiānyí | - water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus) |
| 当天事当天毕 | 當天事當天畢 | dàngtiānshìdàngtiānbì | - never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom) |
| 紫金山天文台 | 紫金山天文台 | ZǐjīnshānTiānwéntái | - Purple Mountain Observatory |
| 万维天罗地网 | 萬維天羅地網 | WànwéiTiānluóDìwǎng | - World Wide Web (WWW) - lit. ten-thousand dimensional net covering heaven and earth - term coined by China News Digest and abbreviated to 萬維網|万维网[Wan4 wei2 wang3] |
| 中国国家航天局 | 中國國家航天局 | ZhōngguóGuójiāHángtiānjú | - China National Space Administration (CNSA) |
| 八十天环游地球 | 八十天環遊地球 | BāshíTiānHuányóuDìqiú | - Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 儒勒・凡爾納|儒勒・凡尔纳[Ru2 le4 · Fan2 er3 na4] |
| 冒天下之大不韪 | 冒天下之大不韙 | màotiānxiàzhīdàbùwěi | - to defy world opinion - to risk universal condemnation |
| 天冬苯丙二肽酯 | 天冬苯丙二肽酯 | tiāndōngběnbǐngèrtàizhǐ | - aspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener) |
| 天津外国语大学 | 天津外國語大學 | TiānjīnWàiguóyǔDàxué | - Tianjin Foreign Studies University |
| 天涯何处无芳草 | 天涯何處無芳草 | tiānyáhéchùwúfāngcǎo | - there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom) |
| 天祝藏族自治县 | 天祝藏族自治縣 | TiānzhùZàngzúZìzhìxiàn | - Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County in Wuwei 武威[Wu3 wei1], Gansu |
| 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 |
| 打开天窗说亮话 | 打開天窗說亮話 | dǎkāitiānchuāngshuōliànghuà | - not to mince words - not to beat about the bush |
| 挟天子以令天下 | 挾天子以令天下 | xiétiānzǐyǐlìngtiānxià | - (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country |
| 挟天子以令诸侯 | 挾天子以令諸侯 | xiétiānzǐyǐlìngzhūhóu | - (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals |
| 皇天不负苦心人 | 皇天不負苦心人 | Huángtiānbùfùkǔxīnrén | - Heaven will not disappoint the person who tries (idiom). If you try hard, you're bound to succeed eventually. |
| 肯尼迪航天中心 | 肯尼迪航天中心 | KěnnídíHángtiānZhōngxīn | - Kennedy space center, Cape Canaveral 卡納維拉爾角|卡纳维拉尔角[Ka3 na4 wei2 la1 er3 jiao3], Florida |
| 面朝黄土背朝天 | 面朝黃土背朝天 | miàncháohuángtǔbèicháotiān | - face to the ground, back to the sky |
| 中国天主教爱国会 | 中國天主教愛國會 | ZhōngguóTiānzhǔjiàoÀiguóhuì | - Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association |
| 中国航天工业公司 | 中國航天工業公司 | ZhōngguóHángtiānGōngyèGōngsī | - (CASC) |
| 北京航空航天大学 | 北京航空航天大學 | BěijīngHángkōngHángtiānDàxué | - Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| 天津环球金融中心 | 天津環球金融中心 | TiānjīnHuánqiúJīnróngZhōngxīn | - Tianjin World Financial Center, skyscraper a.k.a. the Tianjin Tower or Jin Tower - abbr. to 津塔[Jin1 ta3] |
| 一人得道，鸡犬升天 | 一人得道，雞犬升天 | yīréndédào,jīquǎnshēngtiān | - 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 |
| 三天不打，上房揭瓦 | 三天不打，上房揭瓦 | sāntiānbùdǎ,shàngfángjiēwǎ | - three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) - spare the rod, spoil the child |
| 三天打鱼，两天晒网 | 三天打魚，兩天曬網 | sāntiāndǎyú,liǎngtiānshàiwǎng | - lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) - fig. not to persevere in doing sth - to do sth by fits and starts |
| 上天无路，入地无门 | 上天無路，入地無門 | shàngtiānwúlù,rùdìwúmén | - lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom) - fig. to be at the end of one's rope - to be trapped in a hopeless situation |
| 上有天堂，下有苏杭 | 上有天堂，下有蘇杭 | shàngyǒutiāntáng,xiàyǒuSūHáng | - lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Su1 Hang2] below (idiom) - fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven |
| 人不为己，天诛地灭 | 人不為己，天誅地滅 | rénbùwèijǐ,tiānzhūdìmiè | - Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you. - Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost. |
| 天下没有不散的宴席 | 天下沒有不散的宴席 | tiānxiàméiyǒubùsàndeyànxí | - see 天下沒有不散的筵席|天下没有不散的筵席[tian1 xia4 mei2 you3 bu4 san4 de5 yan2 xi2] |
| 天下没有不散的筵席 | 天下沒有不散的筵席 | tiānxiàméiyǒubùsàndeyánxí | - all good things must come to an end (idiom) |
| 天下兴亡，匹夫有责 | 天下興亡，匹夫有責 | tiānxiàxīngwáng,pǐfūyǒuzé | - The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society. |
| 天低吴楚，眼空无物 | 天低吳楚，眼空無物 | tiāndīWúChǔ,yǎnkōngwúwù | - the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon |
| 天网恢恢，疏而不失 | 天網恢恢，疏而不失 | tiānwǎnghuīhuī,shūérbùshī | - 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 |
| 天网恢恢，疏而不漏 | 天網恢恢，疏而不漏 | tiānwǎnghuīhuī,shūérbùlòu | - 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 |
| 天要落雨，娘要嫁人 | 天要落雨，娘要嫁人 | tiānyàoluòyǔ,niángyàojiàrén | - the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom) - fig. the natural order of things - something you can't go against |
| 好好学习，天天向上 | 好好學習，天天向上 | hǎohǎoxuéxí,tiāntiānxiàngshàng | - study hard and every day you will improve (idiom) |
| 美国国家航天航空局 | 美國國家航天航空局 | MěiguóGuójiāHángtiānHángkōngjú | - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA |
| 美国国家航空航天局 | 美國國家航空航天局 | MěiguóGuójiāHángkōngHángtiānjú | - NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, agency of US government |
| 谋事在人，成事在天 | 謀事在人，成事在天 | móushìzàirén,chéngshìzàitiān | - planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes. |
| 做一天和尚，撞一天钟 | 做一天和尚，撞一天鐘 | zuòyītiānhéshang,zhuàngyītiānzhōng | - as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom); to do one's job mechanically - to hold a position passively |
| 拜科努尔航天发射基地 | 拜科努爾航天發射基地 | BàikēnǔěrHángtiānFāshèJīdì | - Baikonur Cosmodrome |
| 中国石油天然气集团公司 | 中國石油天然氣集團公司 | ZhōngguóShíyóuTiānránqìJítuánGōngsī | - China National Petroleum Corporation |
| 中国航天技术进出口公司 | 中國航天技術進出口公司 | ZhōngguóHángtiānJìshùJìnChūkǒuGōngsī | - China National Aero-Technology Import-Export Corporation (CATIC) |
| 天下无难事，只怕有心人 | 天下無難事，只怕有心人 | tiānxiàwúnánshì,zhǐpàyǒuxīnrén | - lit. nothing is difficult on this earth, if your mind is set (idiom) |
| 海内存知己，天涯若比邻 | 海內存知己，天涯若比鄰 | hǎinèicúnzhījǐ,tiānyáruòbǐlín | - close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door (idiom); close in spirit although far away - absence makes the heart grow fonder |
| 秀才不出门，全知天下事 | 秀才不出門，全知天下事 | xiùcaibùchūmén,quánzhītiānxiàshì | - a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom) |
| 秀才不出门，能知天下事 | 秀才不出門，能知天下事 | xiùcaibùchūmén,néngzhītiānxiàshì | - a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom) |
| 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福 | 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福 | tiānyǒubùcèfēngyún,rényǒudànxīhuòfú | - fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment |
| 与全世界为敌，冒天下之大不韪 | 與全世界為敵，冒天下之大不韙 | yǔquánshìjièwéidí,màotiānxiàzhīdàbùwěi | - to defy world opinion - to risk universal condemnation |
| 先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐 | 先天下之憂而憂，後天下之樂而樂 | xiāntiānxiàzhīyōuéryōu,hòutiānxiàzhīlèérlè | - The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 範仲淹|范仲淹 |
| 在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿做连理枝 | 在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝 | zàitiānyuànzuòbǐyìniǎo,zàidìyuànzuòliánlǐzhī | - In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined - wishing for conjugal bliss |
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