上西天
shàng xī tiān
Pinyin

Definition

上西天
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shàng xī tiān
  1. to enter heaven
  2. to rise to the Western Paradise

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shǎng
  1. 1 see 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]
shàng bān
  1. 1 to go to work
  2. 2 to be on duty
  3. 3 to start work
  4. 4 to go to the office
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
tiān tiān
  1. 1 every day
tiān qì
  1. 1 weather
zǎo shang
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
míng tiān
  1. 1 tomorrow
zuó tiān
  1. 1 yesterday
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 in the evening
dōng xī
  1. 1 east and west
shàng xià
  1. 1 up and down
  2. 2 top and bottom
  3. 3 old and new
  4. 4 length
  5. 5 about
shàng lái
  1. 1 to come up
  2. 2 to approach
  3. 3 (verb complement indicating success)
shàng chuán
  1. 1 to upload
shàng wǔ
  1. 1 morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
shàng qù
  1. 1 to go up
shàng tái
  1. 1 to rise to power (in politics)
  2. 2 to go on stage (in the theater)
shàng si
  1. 1 boss
  2. 2 superior
shàng chǎng
  1. 1 on stage
  2. 2 to go on stage
  3. 3 to take the field

Idioms (20)

一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
三天不打,上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
三天两头
sān tiān liǎng tóu
  1. 1 lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day
  2. 2 frequently
上一次当,学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
  1. 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go to great lengths
  3. 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路,入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
上有天堂,下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
上有政策,下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
  1. 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
  1. 1 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
上气不接下气
shàng qì bù jiē xià qì
  1. 1 out of breath (idiom)
  2. 2 to gasp for air
上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
  1. 1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)

Sample Sentences

说到唐僧,我最不喜欢的就是他。孙悟空对他忠心耿耿,他却老是不领情,还冤枉他,念紧箍咒,让孙悟空吃了这么多苦。其实没有孙悟空打妖怪,保护大家,他们四个人早“上西天”了。
shuōdào Táng sēng ,wǒ zuì bù xǐhuan de jiùshì tā 。Sūn Wùkōng duì tā zhōngxīngěnggěng ,tā què lǎoshi bù lǐngqíng ,hái yuānwang tā ,niàn jǐngūzhòu ,ràng Sūn Wùkōng chī le zhème duō kǔ 。qíshí méiyǒu Sūn Wùkōng dǎ yāoguài ,bǎohù dàjiā ,tāmen sì ge rén zǎo “shàng xītiān ”le 。
Speaking of Tang Seng, I hate him the most. Sun Wu Kong treated him with complete loyalty. But Tang Seng never acknowledged him. He always did him wrong and recited the curse that would squeeze Sun Wu Kong’s head in a metal vice. He put him through so much pain and grief. If it weren’t for Sun Wu Kong fighting the ghosts and demons, the four of them would have already died early on.
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