(lit.) the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / (fig.) night and day difference / a world of difference / a far cry (from)
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret
extremely expensive / sky-high price
predator / natural enemy
guinea pig / cavy
horizon
number of days / fate / destiny
fantasy story
innate talent / gift / flair / native resource / dowry
horizon / ends of the earth / remotest places
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style
courtyard / atrium / opening in a roof / skylight / caisson ceiling / (TCM) acupuncture point TB10
family love and joy / domestic bliss
(idiom) astronomical figure
dawn / daybreak
imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch
immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
natural disaster
first under heaven / number one in the country
geranium (Pelargonium hortorum)
the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
the full light of day (idiom) / fig. peace and prosperity / in broad daylight
in broad daylight
all-weather / 24-hour
space flight
blue sky
(idiom) to imagine the wildest thing / to indulge in fantasy
(lit. and fig.) to soar / to shoot upwards
clear sky / sunny day
lit. to ascend to heaven / to die
(idiom) defiant of the law and lacking any sense of morality / lawless / out of control / unruly
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven / to resign oneself to fate / to trust to luck
to rush around everywhere / always active
firmament
congenital / intrinsic / innate
hot day
(lit.) eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom) / (fig.) arriving in overwhelming quantities / engulfing / all-pervasive
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27