天马行空
tiān mǎ xíng kōng
Pinyin

Definition

天马行空
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tiān mǎ xíng kōng
  1. like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom)
  2. (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative
  3. unconstrained in style

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
行
háng
  1. 1 row
  2. 2 line
  3. 3 commercial firm
  4. 4 line of business
  5. 5 profession
  6. 6 to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
  7. 7 (in data tables) row
  8. 8 (Tw) column
一行
yī xíng
  1. 1 party
  2. 2 delegation
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
上行
shàng xíng
  1. 1 (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital)
  2. 2 (of river boats) to go against the current
  3. 3 to submit (a document) to higher authorities
中天
zhōng tiān
  1. 1 culmination (astronomy)
修行
xiū xíng
  1. 1 to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism)
  2. 2 to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
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
冬天
dōng tiān
  1. 1 winter
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
冷天
lěng tiān
  1. 1 cold weather
  2. 2 cold season
出行
chū xíng
  1. 1 to go out somewhere (relatively short trip)
  2. 2 to set off on a journey (longer trip)
前天
qián tiān
  1. 1 the day before yesterday
前行
qián xíng
  1. 1 (literary) to go forward
半天
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]

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)
一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
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
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
  1. 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
  2. 2 to read very rapidly
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (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
三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
  1. 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三思而行
sān sī ér xíng
  1. 1 think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng
  1. 1 all walks of life (idiom)
  2. 2 every trade
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
上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
  1. 1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
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

Sample Sentences

这部电影天马行空，很有想法。
zhè bù diànyǐng tiānmǎxíngkōng ，hěn yǒu xiǎngfǎ 。
This movie is bizarre. There are a lot of ideas in this movie.
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天马行空
tiānmǎxíngkōng
Lit:A legendary horse flies in the air. Fig: Surreal.
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达利的画天马行空，大家都看不懂。
dálì de huà tiānmǎxíngkōng ，dàjiā dōu kànbudǒng 。
Dali’s paintings are bizarre. Nobody understands them.
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他的字天马行空，非常好看。
tā de zì tiānmǎxíngkōng ，fēicháng hǎokàn 。
His handwriting is artistic. It’s beautiful.
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情节这么天马行空呀？
qíngjié zhème tiānmǎxíngkōng ya ？
Is the plot that wild and unconstrained?
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他总是有一些天马行空的想法。
tā zǒngshì yǒu yīxiē tiānmǎxíngkōng de xiǎngfǎ 。
He always has some creative and fanciful ideas.
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艺术家，他们的想法都很天马行空。
yìshùjiā ，tāmen de xiǎngfǎ dōu hěn tiānmǎxíngkōng 。
Artists are all very creative and fanciful.
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天马行空
tiānmǎxíngkōng
Vivid and creative.
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那倒是。每个人都喜欢这种天马行空的故事。唐僧，孙悟空，沙和尚，猪八戒经过妖魔鬼怪设计的八十一难，最后终于到西天取到了经书。故事不但刺激，而且还激励人。
nà dàoshì 。měigerén dōu xǐhuan zhèzhǒng tiānmǎxíngkōng de gùshi 。Táng Sēng ，Sūn Wùkōng ，Shā héshang ，Zhū Bājiè jīngguò yāomóguǐguài shèjì de bāshí yī nàn ，zuìhòu zhōngyú dào xītiān qǔdào le jīngshū 。gùshi bùdàn cìjī ，érqiě hái jīlì rén 。
True. Everyone is drawn to this kind of fantasy. Tang Seng, Sun Wu Kong, Sha Heshang and Zhubajie overcame 81 traps set by ghosts and demons to finally reach the Western Paradise and acquire the sacred scripture. Not only is the story fascinating, it's inspiring too.
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