漫山遍野 màn shān biàn yě lit. covering the mountains and the plains (idiom) / fig. as far as the eye can see / covering everything / omnipresent syn 铺天盖地 鋪天蓋地 pū tiān gài dì lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) / fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance syn 弥天 彌天 mí tiān filling the entire sky / covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc) 遮天蔽日 zhē tiān bì rì lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) / fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance 天色 tiān sè color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather 划过 划過 huá guò (of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky) / (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky) 青天 qīng tiān clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official) syn 戴盆望天 dài pén wàng tiān lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head / it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head / fig. it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations / one can't perform a major task while bothered by other duties syn 碧海青天 bì hǎi qīng tiān green sea, blue sky (idiom) / sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow 玄武 xuán wǔ Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky) / (in Daoism) God of the north sky 天上下刀子 tiān shàng xià dāo zi lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom) / fig. (even if) the sky crumbles 剥离 剝離 bō lí to peel / to strip / to peel off / to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc) syn 头巾 頭巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban syn 肚兜 dù dōu undergarment covering the chest and abdomen 盖头 蓋頭 gài tóu cover / cap / topping / head covering / veil 通史 tōng shǐ narrative history / comprehensive history / a history covering an extended period 资治通鉴 資治通鑒 zī zhì tōng jiàn A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls 劈头盖脸 劈頭蓋臉 pī tóu gài liǎn lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom) / fig. pelting (with rain etc) / showering down syn 覆膜 fù mó membrane covering sth / coating 头套 頭套 tóu tào actor's headgear / wig / head covering 满山遍野 滿山遍野 mǎn shān biàn yě covering the whole land / over hills and dales syn 中生代 zhōng shēng dài Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪) 第四纪 第四紀 dì sì jì fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years) 骨膜 gǔ mó periosteum (membrane covering bone) 蒙皮 méng pí skin / covering 古生代 gǔ shēng dài Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovician 奧陶紀|奥陶纪, Silurian 志留紀|志留纪, Devonian 泥盆紀|泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭紀|石炭纪, Permian 二疊紀|二叠纪 兜肚 dōu du undergarment covering the chest and abdomen syn 瓤 ráng pulp (of fruit) / sth inside a covering / bad / weak syn 厣 厴 yǎn operculum (Latin: little lid) / a covering flap (in various branches of anatomy) syn 帻 幘 zé turban / head-covering syn 衣不蔽体 衣不蔽體 yī bù bì tǐ lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken syn 包层 包層 bāo céng cladding / covering (on a fiber) 兜兜 dōu dou an undergarment covering chest and abdomen syn 万维天罗地网 萬維天羅地網 wàn wéi tiān luó dì wǎng World Wide Web (WWW) / lit. ten-thousand dimensional net covering heaven and earth / term coined by China News Digest and abbr. to 萬維網|万维网[Wan4 wei2 wang3] 衣子 yī zǐ covering 多层复迭 多層複迭 duō céng fù dié many-sheeted covering (math.) 封土 fēng tǔ to heap earth (to close a tomb) / a mound (covering a tomb) 尸布 屍布 shī bù pall (casket covering) 帹 shà kerchief covering head (arch.) 帹暆 shà yí kerchief covering head (arch.) 抹胸 mò xiōng old feminine garment, covering chest and abdomen 更新世 gēng xīn shì Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages) 江南省 jiāng nán shěng name of Qing dynasty province covering south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces, with capital at Nanjing 火场留守分队 火場留守分隊 huǒ chǎng liú shǒu fēn duì detachment left to provide covering fire 胚芽鞘 pēi yá qiào coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany) 云贵高原 雲貴高原 yún guì gāo yuán Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan 掩护小组 yǎn hù xiǎo zǔ covering party 掩护火力 yǎn hù huǒ lì covering fire 安装表层 安裝表層 covering / cover 独立国家联合体预警工作会议 獨立國家聯合體預警工作會議 Meeting on Early Warning Work Covering the Commonwealth of Independent States 阿拉瓦协定 阿拉瓦協定 Agreement Covering Implementation of the Ceasefire / Arawa Agreement 掩护部队 掩護部隊 covering force 喜帕 xǐ pà bridal veil (covering the face) 不便险 不便險 bù biàn xiǎn travel insurance covering flight delay, baggage loss etc (abbr. for 旅遊不便保險|旅游不便保险[lu:3you2 bu4bian4 bao3xian3]) 旅平险 旅平險 lǚ píng xiǎn travel insurance covering medical expenses (abbr. for 旅遊平安保險|旅游平安保险[lu:3you2 ping2an1 bao3xian3]) 天空 tiān kōng sky syn 空中 kōng zhōng in the sky / in the air syn 星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star / the stars in the sky syn 星空 xīng kōng starry sky / the star-studded heavens 天上 tiān shàng the sky / the heavens syn 蓝天 藍天 lán tiān blue sky syn 上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn 漫天 màn tiān lit. to fill the whole sky / everywhere / as far as the eye can see syn 蔚蓝 蔚藍 wèi lán azure / sky-blue syn 夜空 yè kōng night sky 天价 天價 tiān jià extremely expensive / sky-high price 天大 tiān dà gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous 晴天 qíng tiān clear sky / sunny day syn 满天 滿天 mǎn tiān whole sky syn 凌空 líng kōng be high up in the sky syn 青云 青雲 qīng yún clear sky / fig. high official position / noble syn 仰天 yǎng tiān to face upwards / to look up to the sky syn 白虎 bái hǔ White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky) / (slang) hairless female genitalia 翱翔 áo xiáng to soar / to wheel about in the sky syn 海阔天空 海闊天空 hǎi kuò tiān kōng wide sea and sky (idiom) / boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun syn 长空 長空 cháng kōng (literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term syn 升空 昇空 shēng kōng to rise to the sky / to lift off / to levitate / liftoff 繁星 fán xīng many stars / a vast sky full of stars syn 阴天 陰天 yīn tiān cloudy day / overcast sky syn 从天而降 從天而降 cóng tiān ér jiàng (idiom) to fall from the sky / (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly / to drop into one's lap syn 空降 kōng jiàng to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne 天蓝 天藍 tiān lán sky blue syn 参天 參天 cān tiān (of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky syn 连天 連天 lián tiān reaching the sky / for days on end / incessantly syn 摩天 mó tiān skyscraping / towering into the sky syn 星夜 xīng yè starlit night / by night / under the night sky / through the night syn 当空 當空 dāng kōng overhead / up in the sky 翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head syn 天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head syn 半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk syn 晴天霹雳 晴天霹靂 qíng tiān pī lì lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom) / fig. a bolt from the blue syn 苍龙 蒼龍 cāng lóng Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky) syn 天旋地转 天旋地轉 tiān xuán dì zhuàn the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom) / giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world syn 昊天 hào tiān clear sky 雨过天晴 雨過天晴 yǔ guò tiān qíng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing1] syn 陨落 隕落 yǔn luò to fall down / to decay / to fall from the sky / to die 杞人忧天 杞人憂天 qǐ rén yōu tiān man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears syn 不共戴天 bù gòng dài tiān (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky / absolutely irreconcilable syn 天 tiān day / sky / heaven syn 