天空
tiān kōng
Pinyin

Definition

天空
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tiān kōng
  1. sky

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
tiān tiān
  1. 1 every day
tiān qì
  1. 1 weather
míng tiān
  1. 1 tomorrow
zuó tiān
  1. 1 yesterday
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
zhōng tiān
  1. 1 culmination (astronomy)
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
dōng tiān
  1. 1 winter
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
lěng tiān
  1. 1 cold weather
  2. 2 cold season
qián tiān
  1. 1 the day before yesterday
bàn tiān
  1. 1 half of the day
  2. 2 a long time
  3. 3 quite a while
  4. 4 midair
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
xià tiān
  1. 1 summer
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
yè kōng
  1. 1 night sky
Dà nào Tiān gōng
  1. 1 Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sūn Wù kōng] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
tiān shàng
  1. 1 celestial
  2. 2 heavenly
tiān liàng
  1. 1 dawn
  2. 2 daybreak
tiān shǐ
  1. 1 angel

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
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
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
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)
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
  1. 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
  2. 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
  3. 3 the place is deserted
  4. 4 the birds have flown
人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān
  1. 1 human life is beyond value (idiom)
人外有人,天外有天
rén wài yǒu rén , tiān wài yǒu tiān
  1. 1 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)
人定胜天
rén dìng shèng tiān
  1. 1 man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
做一天和尚撞一天钟
zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng
  1. 1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do one's job mechanically
  3. 3 to hold a position passively
偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
  1. 1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
  2. 2 skulduggery
  3. 3 to hoodwink people
  4. 4 to cheat sb audaciously

Sample Sentences

我是天空里的一片云
wǒ shì tiānkōng lǐ de yī piàn yún
I am a cloud in the sky
人们说的天空蓝,
rénmen shuōde tiānkōng lán ,
People say the sky is blue
蓝色表示天空。
lánsè biǎoshì tiānkōng 。
Blue represents the sky.
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我的天空星星都亮了
wǒ de tiānkōng xīngxing dōu liàng le
The stars in my sky all shined brightly
是整片天空最美的姿态。
shì zhěng piàn tiānkōng zuì měi de zītài 。
It’s the most beautiful form that stretches across the sky
让那天空听得见,让那白云看得见,
ràng nà tiānkōng tīngdejiàn ,ràng nà báiyún kàndejiàn ,
Let the sky hear it, let the clouds see it
向天空大声的呼唤说声我爱你,
xiàng tiānkōng dàshēng de hūhuàn shuōshēng wǒ ài nǐ ,
Let my shouts to the sky say I love you
他跟你海阔天空,扯到最后的话,你就发现,哦,原来不止你有这个需求,也许你爸爸也有这个需求,你妈妈也有这个需求,哎,你小孩也有哦。那么你原来可能买一个人,最后可能买了四个人。对吧?那么他是在跟这个客户的交流当中去挖掘需求。
tā gēn nǐ hǎikuòtiānkōng ,chě dào zuìhòu dehuà ,nǐ jiù fāxiàn ,ò ,yuánlái bùzhǐ nǐ yǒu zhè ge xūqiú ,yěxǔ nǐ bàba yě yǒu zhè ge xūqiú ,nǐ māma yě yǒu zhè ge xūqiú ,āi ,nǐ xiǎohái yě yǒu ò 。nàme nǐ yuánlái kěnéng mǎi yī ge rén ,zuìhòu kěnéng mǎi le sì gè rén 。duìba ?nàme tā shì zài gēn zhè ge kèhù de jiāoliú dāngzhōng qù wājué xūqiú 。
She's rambling all over the place, until at the end, you discover that it's not just you that has this need. Maybe your dad has this need, and oh, your child has it too. So originally you were going to sell to one person, but now you might sell to four people. Right? So you have to uncover the needs over the course of communication with the customer.
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蓝蓝的天空
lánlán de tiānkōng
Blue sky.
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蓝蓝的天空,白云飘
lánlán de tiānkōng ,báiyún piāo
Blue sky and fluttering white clouds.
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