tiān wén wàng yuǎn jìngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
astronomical telescope
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Original source entry:

天文望遠鏡 天文望远镜 [tian1 wen2 wang4 yuan3 jing4] /astronomical telescope/

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Other forms in these source records: 天文望遠鏡

  • 天
    tiān

    day / sky / heaven

  • 文
    wén

    language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

    Wén

    surname Wen

  • 望
    wàng

    full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards / 15th day of month (lunar calendar)

  • 远
    yuǎn

    far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)

    yuàn

    to distance oneself from (classical)

  • 镜
    jìng

    mirror / lens

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