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"heavenly punishment" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
天诛 天誅 tiān zhū heavenly punishment / king's punishment
Chinese Pinyin Translation
干 gān (bound form) to have to do with / to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield syn
接受 jiē shòu to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc) / to acquiesce syn
受到 shòu dào to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc) / to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) syn
星球 xīng qiú celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc) / heavenly body syn
惩罚 懲罰 chéng fá penalty / punishment / to punish syn
科 kē branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4]
死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty / capital punishment syn
己 jǐ self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / sixth in order / letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa syn
赦免 shè miǎn to pardon / to absolve / to exempt from punishment syn
赎罪 贖罪 shú zuì to atone for one's crime / to buy freedom from punishment / redemption / atonement
制裁 zhì cái to punish / punishment / sanctions (incl. economic) syn
天皇 tiān huáng Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] / emperor / emperor of Japan syn
加重 jiā zhòng to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc) syn
板子 bǎn zi board / plank / bamboo or birch for corporal punishment syn
天衣无缝 天衣無縫 tiān yī wú fèng lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom) / fig. flawless syn
免受 miǎn shòu to avoid suffering / to prevent (sth bad) / to protect against (damage) / immunity (from prosecution) / freedom (from pain, damage etc) / exempt from punishment syn
大帝 dà dì heavenly emperor / "the Great" (title) syn
甲子 jiǎ zǐ first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) / the sixty-year cycle
严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously syn
袒护 袒護 tǎn hù to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc / to take sb's side syn
刑罚 刑罰 xíng fá sentence / penalty / punishment syn
畏罪 wèi zuì to dread punishment / afraid of being arrested for a crime syn
刑具 xíng jù punishment equipment / torture instrument syn
殊死 shū sǐ to behead / capital punishment / desperate struggle / life-and-death syn
体罚 體罰 tǐ fá corporal punishment / to inflict physical punishment on (sb)
减免 減免 jiǎn miǎn to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)
天马行空 天馬行空 tiān mǎ xíng kōng like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style syn
天书 天書 tiān shū imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch
死有余辜 死有餘辜 sǐ yǒu yú gū (idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment syn
仙乐 仙樂 xiān yuè heavenly music
凌迟 凌遲 líng chí the lingering death / the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment) syn
天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn
天干 tiān gān the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
皮开肉绽 皮開肉綻 pí kāi ròu zhàn flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom) syn
负荆请罪 負荊請罪 fù jīng qǐng zuì lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology syn
天池 tiān chí "heavenly lake", lake situated on a mountain / used as the name of numerous lakes, such as 長白山天池|长白山天池[Chang2 bai2 shan1 Tian1 chi2]
甲乙 jiǎ yǐ first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
赏罚 賞罰 shǎng fá reward and punishment syn
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
充军 充軍 chōng jūn to banish (to an army post, as a punishment) syn
甘之如饴 甘之如飴 gān zhī rú yí lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs) / to endure hardship gladly / a glutton for punishment syn
天府 tiān fǔ Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu) / land of plenty syn
天朝 tiān cháo Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China / Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
四大天王 sì dà tiān wáng the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra) / the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha
湘军 湘軍 xiāng jūn Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
太平天国 太平天國 tài píng tiān guó Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)
洞天 dòng tiān paradise / heavenly or beautiful place / fairyland
干支 gān zhī the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝 / sexagenary cycle
真武 zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝
灭族 滅族 miè zú extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment) syn
腰斩 腰斬 yāo zhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short
生辰八字 shēng chén bā zì one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch
法律制裁 fǎ lǜ zhì cái legal sanction / prescribed punishment / punishable by law
洪秀全 hóng xiù quán Hong Xiuquan or Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (1814-1864), leader of the Taiping rebellion or Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
罪与罚 罪與罰 zuì yǔ fá Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1]
星 xīng star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount syn
宫 宮 gōng palace / temple / castration (as corporal punishment) / first note in pentatonic scale syn
丁 dīng male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl syn
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
辛 xīn (of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa syn
楚 chǔ distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old)
刑 xíng punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment syn
墨 mò ink stick / China ink / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead syn
乙 yǐ second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
丙 bǐng third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl syn
斩 斬 zhǎn to behead (as form of capital punishment) / to chop syn
天花乱坠 天花亂墜 tiān huā luàn zhuì lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom) / fig. extravagant embellishments / hype syn
戊 wù fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / fifth in order / letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / penta
电刑 電刑 diàn xíng to torture sb using electricity / electrocution (capital punishment)
剐 剮 guǎ cut off the flesh as punishment syn
壬 rén ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona
烹 pēng to boil / to brew (tea) / to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce / (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times) syn
上刑 shàng xíng severe punishment / worst punishment / to torture syn
庚 gēng age / seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / seventh in order / letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 255° / hepta syn
宫刑 宮刑 gōng xíng castration (archaic punishment)
癸 guǐ tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / tenth in order / letter "J" or Roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 15° / deca
髌 髕 bìn kneecapping / to cut or smash the kneecaps as corporal punishment syn
刑名 xíng míng xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4hai4] / the designation for a punishment syn
五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
肉刑 ròu xíng corporal punishment (such as castration or amputation)
车裂 車裂 chē liè to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment) syn
髡 kūn scalping / to make the head bald (as corporal punishment)
刖 yuè to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑[wu3 xing2])
磔 zhé old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread syn
刑房 xíng fáng office of punishment / torture chamber (esp. unofficial)
苦刑 kǔ xíng torture / corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation)
轘 huàn to tear between chariots (as punishment)
仙姿玉色 xiān zī yù sè heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom) / unusually beautiful lady
咎有应得 咎有應得 jiù yǒu yīng dé (idiom) (literary) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)
罪有应得 罪有應得 zuì yǒu yīng dé guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom) / entirely appropriate chastisement / the punishment fits the crime
天和 tiān hú (mahjong) heavenly hand / a hand that is completed by the dealer on their first draw / (mahjong) to obtain a heavenly hand
天条 天條 tiān tiáo heavenly decree / divine commandment / (fig.) unbreakable taboo / absolute edict (often humorous or sarcastic) / prohibition decrees of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国[Tai4 ping2 Tian1 guo2] syn
罚不当罪 罰不當罪 fá bù dāng zuì disproportionate punishment / the punishment is harsher than the crime
天父 tiān fù Heavenly Father
我外母唔系人 我外母唔係人 wǒ wài mǔ wú xì rén Heavenly
七政四余 七政四餘 qī zhèng sì yú seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui)
十天干 shí tiān gān the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
十干 shí gān same as 天干 / the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
增长天 增長天 zēng zhǎng tiān Virudhaka (one of the Heavenly Kings)
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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