上天

shàng tiān

Meanings

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shàng tiān

1.Heaven; Providence; God
2.the sky above
3.to fly skywards
4.(euphemism) to die; to pass away
5.the previous day (or days)

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Wiktionary

1.Heaven; God
2.the sky above
3.to go up to the sky
4.to pass away
5.to cause big trouble

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Stroke order

Components

上⺊㇐

天㇐大

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Characters

Example sentences

上天会帮助自力更生的人。
God helps those who help themselves.

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Derived terms

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Related words

捧上天 to praise to the skies; to shower with excessive praise 上天入地 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)上天无路，入地无门 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)