天王
tiān wáng
Pinyin

Definition

天王
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tiān wáng
  1. emperor
  2. god
  3. Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title
  4. see also 洪秀全[Hóng Xiù quán]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
天
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
天天
tiān tiān
  1. 1 every day
天气
tiān qì
  1. 1 weather

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

Sample Sentences

我知道，从之前的“凤姐”、“芙蓉姐姐”因为颠覆了大家的审美而成名，到现在的各种攀升“天王嫂”的网红，都是锥子脸的标配。
wǒ zhīdào ，cóng zhīqián de “fèngjiě ”、“fúróng jiějie ”yīnwèi diānfù le dàjiā de shěnměi ér chéngmíng ，dào xiànzài de gèzhǒng pānshēng “tiānwángsǎo ”de wǎnghóng ，dōu shì zhuīziliǎn de biāopèi 。
I know, from previous ones like Sister Feng and Sister Lotus, who got famous for subverting people's aesthetic sensibilities, to those online celebrities clambering to become "online goddesses", all with the awl-faced mark of beauty.
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布局是大同小异。一般规模较大的寺都有三座殿。这三座殿依次建在一条线上，排列得很整齐。你看最外面的是天王殿，天王殿的后面是大雄宝殿，大雄宝殿后面还有一个殿。
bùjú shì dàtóngxiǎoyì 。yībān guīmó jiào dà de sì dōu yǒu sān zuò diàn 。zhè sān zuò diàn yīcì jiàn zài yī tiáo xiàn shàng ，páiliè de hěn zhěngqí 。nǐ kàn zuì wàimian de shì Tiānwángdiàn ，Tiānwángdiàn de hòumian shì Dàxióngbǎodiàn ，Dàxióngbǎodiàn hòumian háiyǒu yī gè diàn 。
The layout is largely the same, but with small differences. Usually large scale temples have three halls. These three halls are constructed in one line, and are lined up precisely. Look, the one on the outside is the Hall of the Gods, and behind it is the Precious Hall of the Great Hero. Behind the Precious Hall of the Great Hero is another hall.
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那我们现在进的是天王殿？
nà wǒmen xiànzài jìn de shì Tiānwángdiàn ？
Then the one we're in now is the Hall of the Gods?
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