1 today

2 at the present

3 now

1 day

2 sky

3 heaven

1 land under heaven

2 the whole world

3 the whole of China

4 realm

5 rule

1 every day

1 weather

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

1 to live miles apart (idiom)

1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)

2 willful

3 one's own way

4 dogmatic

1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)

1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter

2 scrupulous attention to detail