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sky noun—天 n (often used) ()天空 n ()Examples:lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering—sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion—thunder from a clear sky (idiom); a bolt from the blue—lit. fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere—Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky)—the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning—the eagle soars in the sky (citation from Mao Zedong)—green sea, blue sky (idiom); sea and sky merge in one shade—White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky)—wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas—rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion a high post—lit. monk holding an umbrella: no hair, no sky—Grandpa in the clear sky—In the sky be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined—lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head—Woman can hold up half the sky—four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back—Vermilion Bird (the seven mansions of the south sky)—scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place—Goddess peak (Nepalese: Sagarmatha, Sky Goddess)—lit. view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded—lit. wind and rain darken the sky (idiom); fig. the situation looks grim—the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing see to the broad horizon—hitching a ride the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement—lit. there is no road the sky, nor door into the earth [idiom.]—the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth. which, despite its name, is of no practical use—man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears— |