"heaven on Earth" Chinese-English Dictionary

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人间天堂 人間天堂 rén jiān tiān táng heaven on Earth / nickname for the city Suzhou
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地球轨道 地球軌道 dì qiú guǐ dào Earth orbit (orbit of a satellite around the Earth) / Earth's orbit (orbit of the Earth around the Sun)
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
天造地设 天造地設 tiān zào dì shè lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom) / ideal / perfect / (of a match) made in heaven / to be made for one another
rǎng (bound form) soil / earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1]) syn
旋乾转坤 旋乾轉坤 xuán qián zhuǎn kūn lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom) / earth-shattering / a radical change
地藏 dì zàng Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
地藏菩萨 地藏菩薩 dì zàng pú sà Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
地藏王菩萨 地藏王菩薩 dì zàng wáng pú sà Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
大願地藏菩萨 大願地藏菩薩 dà yuàn dì zàng pú sà Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
大愿地藏菩萨 大願地藏菩薩 dà yuàn dì zàng pú sà Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva
天公 tiān gōng heaven / lord of heaven syn
伤天害理 傷天害理 shāng tiān hài lǐ to offend Heaven and reason (idiom) / bloody atrocities that cry to heaven / outrageous acts syn
天网恢恢 天網恢恢 tiān wǎng huī huī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law syn
应天承运 應天承運 yìng tiān chéng yùn lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom) / to rule according to the will of heaven / the Divine Right of kings
九重霄 jiǔ chóng xiāo ninth heaven / Highest Heaven syn
受命于天 shòu mìng yú tiān to be emperor by the grace of heaven / to have the mandate of heaven
天网恢恢,疏而不失 天網恢恢,疏而不失 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
应天顺时 應天順時 yìng tiān shùn shí lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom) / to rule according to the will of heaven / the Divine Right of kings
真命 zhēn mìng to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc) / ordained by heaven
重霄 chóng xiāo ninth heaven / Highest Heaven syn
上有天堂,下有苏杭 上有天堂,下有蘇杭 shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu sū háng lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Su1 Hang2] below (idiom) / fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
天网恢恢,疏而不漏 天網恢恢,疏而不漏 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
天地 tiān dì heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity syn
乾坤 qián kūn yin and yang / heaven and earth / the universe
天经地义 天經地義 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course syn
天壤之别 天壤之別 tiān rǎng zhī bié lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / a world of difference / a far cry (from) syn
顶天立地 頂天立地 dǐng tiān lì dì lit. able to support both heaven and earth / of indomitable spirit (idiom) syn
叱咤风云 叱咤風雲 chì zhà fēng yún lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom) / fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful syn
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
开天辟地 開天闢地 kāi tiān pì dì to split heaven and earth apart (idiom) / refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth syn
天不怕地不怕 tiān bù pà dì bù pà fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom) / fearless
拜堂 bài táng ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / same as 拜天地
拜天地 bài tiān dì to worship heaven and earth / ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / also called 拜堂 syn
kān (bound form) may / can / (bound form) to endure / to bear / (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2]) syn
輿 (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn
天崩地裂 tiān bēng dì liè heaven falls and earth rends (idiom) / rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval syn
皇天后土 huáng tiān hòu tǔ heaven and earth (idiom)
震天动地 震天動地 zhèn tiān dòng dì to shake heaven and earth (idiom) syn
扭转乾坤 扭轉乾坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around
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]
人不为己,天诛地灭 人不為己,天誅地滅 rén bù wèi jǐ , tiān zhū dì miè Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you. / Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
天地悬隔 天地懸隔 tiān dì xuán gé lit. a gulf between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. wide difference of opinion
判若云泥 判若雲泥 pàn ruò yún ní as different as heaven and earth (idiom) / worlds apart syn
三官大帝 sān guān dà dì the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)
两仪 兩儀 liǎng yí heaven and earth / yin and yang
郊祀 jiāo sì pair of annual sacrificial ceremonies held by the emperor in ancient times: one in the southern suburbs of the capital (bringing offerings to Heaven) and another in the northern suburbs (with offerings to Earth)
封禅 封禪 fēng shàn (of an emperor) to pay homage to Heaven at Mount Tai and to Earth at Mount Liangfu
谪仙 謫仙 zhé xiān a genius (literally, an immortal who has been banished from heaven to live on earth), an epithet for exceptional individuals such as the Tang poet Li Bai 李白[Li3 Bai2] / (fig.) banished official
后土 hòu tǔ Earth Deity (often paired with 皇天[Huang2 tian1], August Heaven)
大地 dà dì earth / mother earth syn
接地 jiē dì earth (electric connection) / to earth
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
fèn dust, earth / a bank of earth / to dig / to bring together
土坝 土壩 tǔ bà earth dam / dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete)
捣实 搗實 dǎo shí to ram (earth) / to compact earth by ramming
遮天蔽日 zhē tiān bì rì lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) / fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance
穿地弹头 nuclear earth penetrator / earth penetrator
哥伦比亚大学地球研究所 Earth Institute at Columbia University / Earth Institute
地中地固卡笛尔坐标 地中地固卡笛爾坐標 earth-centered, earth-fixed cartesian coordinates / ECEF coordinates / XYZ cartesian coordinates
地球辐射平衡 地球輻射平衡 Earth radiation budget / Earth's radiation balance
天下 tiān xià land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule syn
天堂 tiān táng paradise / heaven syn
革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) / CL:次[ci4] 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
九天 jiǔ tiān the ninth heaven / the highest of the heavens syn
天后 tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name)
天下第一 tiān xià dì yī first under heaven / number one in the country syn
天子 tiān zǐ the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) syn
天意 tiān yì providence / the Will of Heaven syn
天国 天國 tiān guó Kingdom of Heaven syn
天机 天機 tiān jī mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret syn
苍穹 蒼穹 cāng qióng the blue dome of heaven syn
天成 tiān chéng as if made by heaven
天时 天時 tiān shí the time / the right time / weather conditions / destiny / course of time / heaven's natural order syn
得天独厚 得天獨厚 dé tiān dú hòu blessed by heaven (idiom) / enjoying exceptional advantages / favored by nature syn
天命 tiān mìng Mandate of Heaven / destiny / fate / one's life span syn
升天 shēng tiān lit. to ascend to heaven / to die syn
天庭 tiān tíng middle of the forehead / imperial court / heaven syn
天赐 天賜 tiān cì bestowed by heaven
天宫 天宮 tiān gōng Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor) / Tiangong, Chinese space station program syn
天理 tiān lǐ Heaven's law / the natural order of things syn
飞升 飛昇 fēi shēng to fly upwards / (fig.) to rise / to increase / (Daoism) to ascend to heaven / to achieve immortality syn
上苍 上蒼 shàng cāng heaven syn
天帝 tiān dì God of heaven / Celestial emperor
赞不绝口 贊不絕口 zàn bù jué kǒu to praise without cease (idiom) / praise sb to high heaven syn
天坛 天壇 tiān tán Temple of Heaven (in Beijing)
承运 承運 chéng yùn to provide transport / to accept the Mandate of Heaven / to acknowledge one's calling to be emperor
太虚 太虛 tài xū great emptiness / the void / heaven / the skies / universe / cosmos / original essence of the cosmos syn
羽化 yǔ huà levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion syn
齐天大圣 齊天大聖 qí tiān dà shèng Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
听天由命 聽天由命 tīng tiān yóu mìng (idiom) to submit to the will of heaven / to resign oneself to fate / to trust to luck syn
天晓得 天曉得 tiān xiǎo de Heaven knows! syn
tiān day / sky / heaven syn
真武 zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝
天谴 天譴 tiān qiǎn the wrath of Heaven / imperial displeasure
大闹天宫 大鬧天宮 dà nào tiān gōng Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
南天门 南天門 nán tiān mén South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most notably on Mount Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] / (mythology) southern gate of the Heavenly Palace
天道酬勤 tiān dào chóu qín Heaven rewards the diligent. (idiom)
一步登天 yī bù dēng tiān reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom) / (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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