天生
tiān shēng
Pinyin

Definition

天生
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tiān shēng
  1. nature
  2. disposition
  3. innate
  4. natural

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
天
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
天天
tiān tiān
  1. 1 every day
天气
tiān qì
  1. 1 weather
明天
míng tiān
  1. 1 tomorrow
昨天
zuó tiān
  1. 1 yesterday
生
shēng
  1. 1 to be born
  2. 2 to give birth
  3. 3 life
  4. 4 to grow
  5. 5 raw
  6. 6 uncooked
  7. 7 student
生命
shēng mìng
  1. 1 life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  2. 2 living being
  3. 3 creature
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],條|条[tiáo]
生日
shēng rì
  1. 1 birthday
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
生活
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
一生
yī shēng
  1. 1 all one's life
  2. 2 throughout one's life
上天
shàng tiān
  1. 1 Heaven
  2. 2 Providence
  3. 3 God
  4. 4 the day before
  5. 5 the sky above
  6. 6 to fly to the sky
  7. 7 to take off and fly into space
  8. 8 to die
  9. 9 to pass away
中天
zhōng tiān
  1. 1 culmination (astronomy)
今生
jīn shēng
  1. 1 this life
来生
lái shēng
  1. 1 next life
倚天屠龙记
Yǐ tiān Tú lóng Jì
  1. 1 Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wǔ xiá], martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jīn Yōng] and its screen adaptations
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
冬天
dōng tiān
  1. 1 winter
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
三天两头
sān tiān liǎng tóu
  1. 1 lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day
  2. 2 frequently
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
  1. 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go to great lengths
  3. 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路，入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
上有天堂，下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
不啻天渊
bù chì tiān yuān
  1. 1 no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely
  2. 2 worlds apart
  3. 3 the gap couldn't be bigger
不终天年
bù zhōng tiān nián
  1. 1 to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom)
不见天日
bù jiàn tiān rì
  1. 1 all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
  1. 1 to reach for the stars (idiom)
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life
了无生趣
liǎo wú shēng qù
  1. 1 to lose all interest in life (idiom)
人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān
  1. 1 human life is beyond value (idiom)

Sample Sentences

天生我才必有用。
tiānshēng wǒ cái bì yǒuyòng 。
Everyone has his/her own talent.
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啊？五点？吓死宝宝了，我的瞌睡都吓醒了。我可起不来，我天生就是夜猫子型人格呀，你们这些晨型人就尽知道刺激我们。
ā ？wǔ diǎn ？xiàsǐ bǎobao le ，wǒ de kēshuì dōu xià xǐng le 。wǒ kě qǐbùlái ，wǒ tiānshēng jiùshì yèmāozi xíng réngé ya ，nǐmen zhèxiē chénxíng rén jiù jìn zhīdào cìjī wǒmen 。
What? Five? You've scared the living daylight out of me. You've scared the sleepiness away. Waking up that early, that is something I cannot do. I'm was born a night owl. You early morning types, all you know is how to show us up.
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是吗？原来你今天的智商是拜高科技所赐，我还以为你天生如此。
shìma ？yuánlái nǐ jīntiān de zhìshāng shì bài gāokējì suǒ cì ，wǒ hái yǐwéi nǐ tiānshēng rúcǐ 。
Really? So the IQ you have today was all the gift of advanced technology. Here was me thinking that you were born this way.
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天生的职责
tiānshēng de zhízé
bound duty
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可是浩浩天生是左撇子，他用右手怎么会方便？
kěshì Hàohao tiānshēng shì zuǒpiězi ，tā yòng yòushǒu zénme huì fāngbiàn ？
But Haohao was born a lefty. How could using his right hand be convenient?
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不是，我们是喜欢会撒娇的女人。撒娇不到位没用，过头了又让人烦。只有恰到好处，才能达到效果。不过我一直都想问，撒娇是你们女人天生就会的还是后天磨练出来的？
bùshì ，wǒ men shì xǐhuan huì sājiāo de nǚrén 。sājiāo bù dàowèi méi yòng ，guòtóu le yòu ràngrén fán 。zhǐyǒu qiàdàohǎochù ，cáinéng dádào xiàoguǒ 。bùguò wǒ yīzhí dōu xiǎng wèn ，sājiāo shì nǐ men nǚrén tiānshēng jiù huì de hái shì hòutiān móliàn chūlai de ？
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