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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.

天体主义tiān tǐ zhǔ yì

nudism

天体光谱学tiān tǐ guāng pǔ xué

astronomical spectroscopy

天体力学tiān tǐ lì xué

celestial mechanics

天体演化学tiān tǐ yǎn huà xué

cosmogony

天体物理tiān tǐ wù lǐ

astrophysics

天体物理学tiān tǐ wù lǐ xué

astrophysics

天体物理学家tiān tǐ wù lǐ xué jiā

astrophysicist

天高气爽tiān gāo qì shuǎng

see 秋高氣爽|秋高气爽[qiū gāo qì shuǎng]

天高皇帝远tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn

lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom) / fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government

天魔tiān mó

demonic / devil

天麻tiān má

Gastrodia elata (botany)

天黑tiān hēi

to get dark / dusk

一人得道,鸡犬升天yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān

(lit.) when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / (fig.) when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit

一个天南,一个地北yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi

to live miles apart

一半天yī bàn tiān

in a day or two / soon

一命归天yī mìng guī tiān

see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yī mìng wū hū]

一天一个样yī tiān yī ge yàng

to change from day to day

一手遮天yī shǒu zhē tiān

lit. to hide the sky with one hand / to hide the truth from the masses

一朝天子一朝臣yī cháo tiān zǐ yī cháo chén

new emperor, new officials (idiom) / a new chief brings in new aides

一柱擎天yī zhù qíng tiān

lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom) / fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders

一步登天yī bù dēng tiān

reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom) / (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success

三九天sān jiǔ tiān

the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year

三伏天sān fú tiān

see 三伏[sān fú]

三天不打,上房揭瓦sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ

three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child

三天两头sān tiān liǎng tóu

lit. twice every three days (idiom) / practically every day / frequently

三天打鱼,两天晒网sān tiān dǎ yú , liǎng tiān shài wǎng

lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) / fig. not to persevere in doing sth / to do sth by fits and starts

上半天shàng bàn tiān

morning

上天入地shàng tiān rù dì

lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom) / fig. to go to great lengths / to search heaven and earth

上天无路,入地无门shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén

lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom) / fig. to be at the end of one's rope / to be trapped in a hopeless situation

上有天堂,下有苏杭shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng

lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom) / fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven

上西天shàng xī tiān

(Buddhism) to go to the Western Paradise / (fig.) to die

下半天xià bàn tiān

afternoon

不共戴天bù gòng dài tiān

(idiom) (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky / absolutely irreconcilable

不啻天渊bù chì tiān yuān

no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom) / differing widely / worlds apart / the gap couldn't be bigger

不知天高地厚bù zhī tiān gāo dì hòu

not to know the immensity of heaven and earth / an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities

不见天日bù jiàn tiān rì

all black, no daylight (idiom) / a world without justice

中天zhōng tiān

(literary) midheaven / highest point in the sky / (astronomy) culmination / transit across the meridian

九天仙女jiǔ tiān xiān nǚ

(idiom) celestial maiden of the highest heavens / (fig.) woman of extraordinary beauty

九天揽月jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè

(idiom) to reach for the stars

也有今天yě yǒu jīn tiān

(coll.) to get one's just deserts / to serve sb right / to get one's share of (good or bad things) / every dog has its day

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