天 tiān day / sky / heaven syn 空 kōng empty / air / sky / in vain syn 天空 tiān kōng sky syn 星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star / the stars in the sky syn 天上 tiān shàng the sky / the heavens 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 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 升空 昇空 shēng kōng to rise to the sky / to lift off / to levitate / liftoff 蓝天 藍天 lán tiān blue sky syn 翱翔 áo xiáng to soar / to wheel about in the sky 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 星空 xīng kōng starry sky / the star-studded heavens 天大 tiān dà gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous 晴天 qíng tiān clear sky / sunny day syn 夜空 yè kōng night sky 繁星 fán xīng many stars / a vast sky full of stars syn 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 天色 tiān sè color of the sky / time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky / weather 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 杞人忧天 杞人憂天 qǐ rén yōu tiān man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears 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 空降 kōng jiàng to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne 陨落 隕落 yǔn luò to fall down / to decay / to fall from the sky / to die 天价 天價 tiān jià extremely expensive / sky-high price 满天 滿天 mǎn tiān whole sky syn 阴天 陰天 yīn tiān cloudy day / overcast sky 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 青天 qīng tiān clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official) syn 凌空 líng kōng be high up in the sky syn 昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times syn 半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk syn 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 青云 青雲 qīng yún clear sky / fig. high official position / noble syn 长空 長空 cháng kōng (literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term syn 连天 連天 lián tiān reaching the sky / for days on end / incessantly 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 天蓝 天藍 tiān lán sky blue syn 坐井观天 坐井觀天 zuò jǐng guān tiān lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom) / ignorant and narrow-minded syn 参天 參天 cān tiān (of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky syn 星夜 xīng yè starlit night / by night / under the night sky / through the night syn 鱼肚白 魚肚白 yú dù bái fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky) 碧空 bì kōng the blue sky syn 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) 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 横空 橫空 héng kōng filling the atmosphere / covering the sky 摩天 mó tiān skyscraping / towering into the sky syn 当空 當空 dāng kōng overhead / up in the sky 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 不共戴天 bù gòng dài tiān (of enemies) cannot live under the same sky / absolutely irreconcilable syn 星罗棋布 星羅棋布 xīng luó qí bù scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom) / spread all over the place syn 排空 pái kōng to drain out / to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky 四象 sì xiàng four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3] 天葬 tiān zàng sky burial (Tibetan funeral practice) 穹苍 穹蒼 qióng cāng the sky / the firmament / the vault of heaven syn 一手遮天 yī shǒu zhē tiān lit. to hide the sky with one hand / to hide the truth from the masses syn 弥天 彌天 mí tiān filling the entire sky / covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc) 霜天 shuāng tiān freezing weather / frosty sky 霄汉 霄漢 xiāo hàn the sky / the heavens / (fig.) imperial court syn 穹窿 qióng lóng a dome / a vault / the sky 乾 gān surname Qian / strong / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 representing sky / male principle syn 霞 xiá rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset syn 漫天要价 漫天要價 màn tiān yào jià to ask for sky-high prices 昊 hào vast and limitless / the vast sky syn 穹 qióng vault / dome / the sky syn 陨 隕 yǔn (bound form) to fall from the sky / (literary) to perish (variant of 殞|殒[yun3]) 霭 靄 ǎi mist / haze / cloudy sky syn 青天霹雳 青天霹靂 qīng tiān pī lì thunder from a clear sky (idiom) / a bolt from the blue 霁 霽 jì sky clearing up syn 晴空万里 晴空萬里 qíng kōng wàn lǐ a clear and boundless sky syn 青云直上 青雲直上 qīng yún zhí shàng rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom) / rapid promotion to a high post / meteoric career syn 遮天蔽日 zhē tiān bì rì lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) / fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance 水天一色 shuǐ tiān yī sè water and sky merge in one color (idiom) 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 四脚朝天 四腳朝天 sì jiǎo cháo tiān four legs facing the sky (idiom) / flat on one's back 扳龙附凤 扳龍附鳳 bān lóng fù fèng hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom) / fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement 杞人之忧 杞人之憂 qǐ rén zhī yōu lit. the fear held by a man of 杞[Qi3] that the sky would fall (idiom) / fig. groundless fears 杞国忧天 杞國憂天 qǐ guó yōu tiān man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears 漫天遍地 màn tiān biàn dì lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land (idiom) / fig. everywhere / as far as the eye can see 漫天遍野 màn tiān biàn yě lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land / everywhere / as far as the eye can see 雨过天青 雨過天青 yǔ guò tiān qīng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天晴|雨过天晴[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing2] 风雨如晦 風雨如晦 fēng yǔ rú huì lit. wind and rain darken the sky (idiom) / fig. the situation looks grim 黑天半夜 hēi tiān bàn yè lit. the black sky of midnight / very late at night (idiom) 南箕北斗 nán jī běi dǒu lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom) / fig. sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use syn 鹰击长空 鷹擊長空 yīng jī cháng kōng the eagle soars in the sky (citation from Mao Zedong) 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 汉贼不两立 漢賊不兩立 hàn zéi bù liǎng lì lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom) / fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky / (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist" 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 四灵 四靈 sì líng four divinities / four divine emperors / four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳|凤[feng4], turtle 龜|龟[gui1], dragon 龍|龙[long2] and Chinese unicorn 麒麟[qi2 lin2] / also 四象[si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky 在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿做连理枝 在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝 zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss 天低吴楚，眼空无物 天低吳楚，眼空無物 tiān dī wú chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom) / nothing to see to the broad horizon 天心 tiān xīn center of the sky / will of heaven / will of the Gods / the monarch's will 天摇地转 天搖地轉 tiān yáo dì zhuǎn lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves / momentous changes are underway (idiom) 奣 wěng clear and cloudless sky 