"lord of heaven" Chinese-English Dictionary

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天公 tiān gōng heaven / lord of heaven syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
真武 zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝
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
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
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
贵族 貴族 guì zú lord / nobility / nobleman / noblewoman / aristocrat / aristocracy syn
乖乖 guāi guai goodness gracious! / oh my lord! syn
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye (respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather syn
相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband syn
领主 領主 lǐng zhǔ feudal lord / suzerain / overlord syn
魔戒 mó jiè The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 托爾金|托尔金[Tuo1 er3 jin1]
关公 關公 guān gōng Lord Guan (i.e. 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3])
包公 bāo gōng Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
梵天 fàn tiān Nirvana (in Buddhist scripture) / Lord Brahma (the Hindu Creator)
普贤 普賢 pǔ xián Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth
zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) syn
勋爵 勳爵 xūn jué Lord (UK hereditary nobility) / UK life peer
毒枭 毒梟 dú xiāo drug lord syn
酩酊大醉 mǐng dǐng dà zuì dead drunk / as drunk as a lord syn
洛德 luò dé Lord (name)
托尔金 托爾金 tuō ěr jīn J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒
叶公好龙 葉公好龍 yè gōng hào lóng lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom) / fig. to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it / ostensible fondness of sth one really fears syn
蒙巴顿 矇巴頓 méng bā dùn Mountbatten (name, Anglicization of German Battenberg) / Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British commander in Southeast Asia during WWII, presided over the partition of India in 1947, murdered by the IRA.
jūn monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler syn
hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master syn
阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 ē mí tuó fó Amitabha Buddha / the Buddha of the Western paradise / may the lord Buddha preserve us! / merciful Buddha! syn
主祷文 主禱文 zhǔ dǎo wén Lord's Prayer
以利亚敬 以利亞敬 yǐ lì yà jìng Eliakim (name, Hebrew: God will raise up) / Eliakim, servant of the Lord in Isaiah 22:20 / Eliakim, son of Abiud and father of Azor in Matthew 1:13
伏地魔 fú dì mó Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
孟尝君 孟嘗君 mèng cháng jūn Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
普贤菩萨 普賢菩薩 pǔ xián pú sà Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth
东君 東君 dōng jūn Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology
求怜经 求憐經 qiú lián jīng Kyrie Eleison (section of Catholic mass) / Miserere nobis / Lord have mercy upon us
田文 tián wén birth name of Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
万户侯 萬戶侯 wàn hù hóu Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households) / high nobles syn
辩才天 辯才天 biàn cái tiān Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma)
开尔文 開爾文 kāi ěr wén Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson) / Kelvin (temperature scale)
鲁君 魯君 lǔ jūn the lord of Lu (who declined to employ Confucius)
商君书 商君書 shāng jūn shū The Book of Lord Shang, Legalist text of the 4th century BC
秘书长上帝抵抗军影响地区问题特使 Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Lord's Resistance Army-affected Areas / Special Envoy for the LRA-affected areas
上帝抵抗军 上帝抵抗軍 Lord's Resistance Army
豪勋爵海丘 豪勳爵海丘 háo xūn jué hǎi qiū Lord Howe rise
瞻礼日 瞻禮日 zhān lǐ rì the Lord's Day / Sunday
大紫胸鹦鹉 大紫胸鸚鵡 dà zǐ xiōng yīng wǔ (bird species of China) Lord Derby's parakeet (Psittacula derbiana)
关公面前耍大刀 關公面前耍大刀 guān gōng miàn qián shuǎ dà dāo lit. to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan (idiom) / fig. to make a fool of oneself by showing off in front of an expert
酩酊大醉 mǐng dǐng - dà zuì (idiom) dead drunk / plastered / as drunk as a lord syn
天下 tiān xià land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule syn
天地 tiān dì heaven and earth / world / scope / field of activity 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
乾坤 qián kūn yin and yang / heaven and earth / the universe
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)
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
承运 承運 chéng yùn to provide transport / to accept the Mandate of Heaven / to acknowledge one's calling to be emperor
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
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]
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
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
天不怕地不怕 tiān bù pà dì bù pà fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom) / fearless
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
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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