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天刚亮
tiān gāng liàng
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daybreak
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天坛
tiān tán
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Temple of Heaven (in Beijing)
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天山
tiān shān
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Tianshan mountain range between XinJiang and Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan
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天干
tiān gān
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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
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天象仪
tiān xiàng yí
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planetarium projector
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天道酬勤
tiān dào chóu qín
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Heaven rewards the diligent. (idiom)
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天门冬
tiān mén dōng
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asparagus
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民以食为天
mín yǐ shí wéi tiān
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Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need.;
Food first, ethical niceties second
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石破天惊
shí pò tiān jīng
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earth-shattering;
breakthrough;
remarkable and original work
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罪恶滔天
zuì è tāo tiān
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evil crimes fill heaven (idiom)
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胡天
hú tiān
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Zoroastrianism
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三伏天
sān fú tiān
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three periods forming the hottest periods of summer, from mid-July to mid-August, namely: 初伏 (mid-July), 中伏 (late July to early August), 末伏 (mid-August)
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三天两头
sān tiān liǎng tóu
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lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day;
frequently
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人定胜天
rén dìng shèng tiān
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man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
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伏天
fú tiān
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the hottest period of the year;
see 三伏天[san1 fu2 tian1]
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冒天下之大不韪
mào tiān xià zhī dà bù wěi
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see 冒大不韙|冒大不韪[mao4 da4 bu4 wei3]
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别有洞天
bié yǒu dòng tiān
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place of charm and beauty;
scenery of exceptional charm;
completely different world
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南天门
nán tiān mén
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The Southern Heavenly Gates;
a name for a mountain pass gate in several places
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名满天下
míng mǎn tiān xià
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world famous
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国色天香
guó sè tiān xiāng
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national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
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大天鹅
dà tiān é
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(bird species of China) whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)
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天南地北
tiān nán dì běi
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distant places;
all over the country;
(to talk) about this and that
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天台
tiān tāi
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Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗;
Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang
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天梯
tiān tī
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stairway to heaven;
high mountain road;
tall ladder on a building or other large structure;
space elevator
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天池
tiān chí
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Lake Tianchi in Xinjiang;
"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]
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