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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.

先天xiān tiān

embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天[hòu tiān]) / inborn / innate / natural

雨天yǔ tiān

rainy day / rainy weather

航天飞机háng tiān fēi jī

space shuttle

信天翁xìn tiān wēng

albatross (family Diomedeidae)

漫天màn tiān

lit. to fill the whole sky / everywhere / as far as the eye can see

飞天fēi tiān

flying Apsara (Buddhist art)

全天quán tiān

whole day

惊天动地jīng tiān dòng dì

(idiom) world-shaking

乐天派lè tiān pài

happy-go-lucky people / optimists

开天窗kāi tiān chuāng

to leave a blank to mark censored area

人命关天rén mìng guān tiān

human life is beyond value (idiom)

怨天尤人yuàn tiān yóu rén

(idiom) to blame the gods and accuse others

航天局háng tiān jú

space agency

冰天雪地bīng tiān xuě dì

a world of ice and snow

头天tóu tiān

yesterday / previous day / first day

满天mǎn tiān

whole sky

重见天日chóng jiàn tiān rì

to see the light again (idiom) / delivered from oppression

开天辟地kāi tiān pì dì

(lit.) to split heaven and earth apart (refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pán gǔ] creation myth) (idiom) / (fig.) unprecedented / first of its kind

无力回天wú lì huí tiān

(idiom) powerless to save the situation / unable to avert disaster

胆大包天dǎn dà bāo tiān

reckless / extremely daring

九天jiǔ tiān

the ninth heaven / the highest of the heavens

伤天害理shāng tiān hài lǐ

to offend Heaven and reason (idiom) / bloody atrocities that cry to heaven / outrageous acts

在天之灵zài tiān zhī líng

soul and spirit of the deceased

谈天tán tiān

to chat

顶天立地dǐng tiān lì dì

lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom)

晴天霹雳qíng tiān pī lì

lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom) / fig. a bolt from the blue

漫天要价màn tiān yào jià

to ask for sky-high prices

瞒天过海mán tiān guò hǎi

to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means

破天荒pò tiān huāng

unprecedented / for the first time / never before / first ever

阴天yīn tiān

cloudy day / overcast sky

如日中天rú rì zhōng tiān

lit. like the sun at noon (idiom) / fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc

悲天悯人bēi tiān mǐn rén

to bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind

航天员háng tiān yuán

astronaut

青天qīng tiān

clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official)

天上下刀子tiān shàng xià dāo zi

lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom) / fig. (even if) the sky crumbles

天上不会掉馅饼tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng

there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)

天上掉馅饼tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng

a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom) / to have something fall into your lap

天下大乱tiān xià dà luàn

the whole country in rebellion

天下大势tiān xià dà shì

the overall state of affairs in the world (esp. in political or historical terms) / the prevailing trend across the nation or empire

天下太平tiān xià tài píng

the whole world at peace (idiom) / peace and prosperity

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