青天 qīngtiān
qīngtiān
set phrase
clear sky/blue sky
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Nature
Notes: 青天 is often a simile for positive conditions. For example, 拨云雾见青天 'to push away the clouds and mist and see the blue sky' (CC-CEDICT '青天'; Suyu, p. 53)
Contained in
- 沧海无风千古月 青天不雨四季云(滄海無風千古月 青天不雨四季雲) Vast tranquil sea, timeless moon; Sunny blue sky, seasonal clouds.
- 家居青天白日下 人在春风和气中(家居青天白日下 人在春風和氣中) Abide beneath the blue sky and shining sun; Live within the soothing breeze of spring and harmony.
- 青天有眼观千古 大海无心纳百川(青天有眼觀千古 大海無心納百川) Green mountains bears witness to the ageless time; Grand oceans embraces unintentionally a hundred rivers.
- 青天有眼观千古 大海无私纳百川(青天有眼觀千古 大海無私納百川) Green mountains bears witness to the ageless time; Grand oceans embrace selflessly a hundred rivers.
- 君来问道无余说 云在青天水在瓶(君來問道無餘說 雲在青天水在瓶) Not much to be said on your question about the Way; The clouds are up in the sky and water in the vase.
- 沧海无风千古月 青天有日见光明(滄海無風千古月 青天有日見光明) Vast tranquil sea, timeless moon; Sunny blue sky, luminous world.
Also contained in
青天霹雳 、 青天大老爷 、 拨云雾见青天 、 碧海青天 、 海青天 、 包青天 、 青天白日
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 2 Mārīcīdhāraṇīsūtra (Fo Shuo Da Mo Li Zhi Pusa Jing) 佛說大摩里支菩薩經 — count: 6
- Scroll 9 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 5
- Scroll 1 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 4
- Scroll 4 Mārīcīdhāraṇīsūtra (Fo Shuo Da Mo Li Zhi Pusa Jing) 佛說大摩里支菩薩經 — count: 3
- Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 3
- Scroll 1 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 3
- Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Fenyang Wude 汾陽無德禪師語錄 — count: 3
- Scroll 10 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 2
- Scroll 12 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
Collocations
- 青天衣 (青天衣) 挂青天衣手執蓮華 — Mārīcīdhāraṇīsūtra (Fo Shuo Da Mo Li Zhi Pusa Jing) 佛說大摩里支菩薩經, Scroll 1 — count: 14
- 在青天 (在青天) 雲在青天 — Quotations from Chan Master Fenyang Wude 汾陽無德禪師語錄, Scroll 2 — count: 14
- 青天水 (青天水) 雲在青天水在瓶 — Quotations from Chan Master Fenyang Wude 汾陽無德禪師語錄, Scroll 2 — count: 13
- 白日青天 (白日青天) 白日青天被物遮 — Le Bang Wenlei 樂邦文類, Scroll 5 — count: 7
- 觅青天 (覓青天) 日中迷路者掘地覓青天 — Zhu Huayan Jing Ti Fajie Guan Men Song 註華嚴經題法界觀門頌, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 青天白 (青天白) 青天白 — Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄, Scroll 2 — count: 3
- 万里青天 (萬里青天) 萬里青天一輪月 — Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄, Scroll 20 — count: 3
- 上青天 (上青天) 攀蘿直上青天上 — Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄, Scroll 7 — count: 3
- 青天激 (青天激) 青天激電 — Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄, Scroll 2 — count: 3
- 青天轰 (青天轟) 何啻青天轟霹靂 — Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 3