天天
tiān tiān
Pinyin
Definition
天天
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- every day
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一柱擎天
- 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
- 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
- 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
三天不打,上房揭瓦
- 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
- 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
Sample Sentences
差不多先生的名字,天天挂在大家的口头,因为他是中国全国人的代表。
Every day, Mr. Chabuduo's name is uttered by countless people to the extent that he has come to represent the entire population of China.
还记得高中的时候,你就天天往书店里钻。当时书店也没有座位,你缩在楼梯角落里倒也读得津津有味。
I still remember when I was in high school, you went to the bookstore every day. At the time, the bookstore did not have a seat, and even though you sat in the corner of the stairs you still enjoyed reading.
敢情你也把我当女汉子啊,不过话说回来,老公真得找个能服软的,不然天天跟你讲道理,干脆认他做兄弟算了。
So you're treating me like a ladette too? But, getting back to the point, my husband really needs to find someone who yields to him, otherwise if I had to reason with you every day I should just team up with him as brothers and be done with it.
诶,最近看郝仁的微信朋友圈了吗?真有点儿无病呻吟的感觉,天天在那儿念葬花吟。
Oi, have you seen Hao Ren's WeChat Moments feed recently? He really does sound like he's grumbling over nothing, like Daiyu's poem composed after burying flowers in Dreams of Red Chamber.
时不时说一些甜言蜜语,像是“我愿意天天为你煮饭、天天接你上下班,你知道吗?就算大雨让整座城市颠倒,我会给你怀抱”。
You should whisper sweet nothings to her every so often. Things like "I'd cook for you everyday, I'll take you to and from work everyday, you know that i'd do that for you. Even if the rain turned the whole city upside down, I'll be there to hold you in my arms".
睡眠?这一整年来,我几乎天天熬夜啊,恨不得一分钟掰成四分钟来用,睡眠对我来说简直太奢侈了。
Sleep? I've been staying up late every night for almost this entire year. I'm always eager to make more use of my time, so you could say sleeping is like a luxury for me.
秦宇是个羞涩的男孩儿,他其实有时候想和这个女孩儿聊几句,但也不知道该从何聊起。就这么过了将近三个月,他和女孩儿几乎天天见到面,但除了点咖啡和道谢之外,他们两人未曾说过其它话语。
QinYu is a shy boy. Sometimes he really wanted to make small talk with this girl, but he didn't know where to start. About three months had passed, and he had been meeting this girl almost every day. But aside from ordering coffee and a thank-you, they hadn't said anything else to each other.
那你去练爬树好了,猴子天天爬,是不是瘦得很呐?
Then why don't you practice climbing trees. Monkeys climb every day and they're really thin, no?
哎,那你游泳去吧,既能减肥又是有氧运动。你要是天天游,不出俩月,也能练成完美身材。
Ah, then why don't you go swimming? You can diet and do some aerobic exercise at the same time. If you swim every day, you'll get yourself a nice body in less than two months.