Cantonese Dictionary

天理報應

tin1 lei5 bou3 jing3

Mandarin: tian1 li3 bao4 ying4

divine retribution; punitive justice; get one's just deserts

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天琴座

tin1 kam4 zo6

Mandarin: tian1 qin2 zuo4

Lyra (constellation)

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天生

tin1 saang1

Mandarin: tian1sheng1

(adjective) 1. Inborn; 2. Inherent; (verb) Be born (used in "天生我才必有用" etc.)

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天生一對

tin1 saang1 jat1 deoi3

Mandarin: tian1sheng1 yi1dui4

Simplified: 天生一对

a perfect match; born to be together; made for one another [written and colloquial]

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天生一對

tin1 sang1 jat1 deoi3

Mandarin: tian1 sheng1 yi1 dui4

born to be together; a perfect couple; made for one another

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天生天養

tin1 saang1 tin1 joeng5

Mandarin: tian1 sheng1 tian1 yang3

Simplified: 天生天养

to learn or be raised without any support or guidance

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天生購物狂

tin1 saang1 kau3 mat6 kong4

a shopping queen; born to be a shopaholic

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天生麗質

tin1 sang1 lai6 zat1

Mandarin: tian1 sheng1 li4 zhi4

be born a beauty; be endowed with dazzling beauty

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天生麗質

tin1 saang1 lai6 zat1

Mandarin: tian1 sheng1 li4 zhi4

Simplified: 天生丽质

Natural beauty; born a beauty

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天界

tin1 gaai3

Mandarin: tian1 jie4

heaven

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天皇

tin1 wong4

Mandarin: tian1 huang2

Mikado (emperor of Japan)

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天皇巨星

tin1 wong4 geoi6 sing1

Mandarin: tian1 huang2 ju4 xing1

Superstars

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天真

tin1 zan1

Mandarin: tian1 zhen1

naive; innocent; artless

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天真無邪

tin1 zan1 mou4 ce4

Mandarin: tian1 zhen1 wu2 xie2

Simplified: 天真无邪

Innocent

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天眼

tin1 ngaan5

Mandarin: tian1 yan3

Eye in the sky; surveillance cameras placed in public by the police in Hong Kong

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天祝藏族自治縣

tin1 zuk1 cong4 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

Mandarin: tian1 zhu4 cang2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4

Tianzhu Zangzu autonomous county (county in Gansu)

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天秤座

tin1 ping4 zo6

Mandarin: tian1 cheng4 zuo4

Libra - Scales of Zodiac (十二星座) fame. (Lit. Heavenly Scaled Constellation) (09-23/10-23)

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天秤星座

tin1 ping4 sing1 zo6

Mandarin: tian1 cheng4 xing1 zuo4

Libra

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天空

tin1 hung1

Mandarin: tian1 kong1

the sky

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天空中

tin1 hung1 zung1

Mandarin: tian1 kong1zhong1

in the sky [written and colloquial]

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天空城市

tin1 hung1 sing4 si5

Mandarin: tian1 kong1 cheng2 shi4

Sky City, proposed supertall skyscraper (838 m / 2,749 ft) to begin construction in Changsha starting January 2013 and ending March 2013

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天窗

tin1 coeng1

a skylight

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天竺

tin1 zuk1

Mandarin: tian1 zhu2

India; the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)

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天竺牡丹

tin1 zuk1 maau5 daan1

Mandarin: tian1 zhu2 mu3 dan1

dahlia

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天竺鼠

tin1 zuk1 syu2

Mandarin: tian1 zhu2 shu3

guinea pig; cavy

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天等

tin1 dang2

Mandarin: tian1 deng3

Tiandeng (place in Guangxi)

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天篷

tin1 pung4

Mandarin: tian1 peng2

canopy

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天籟

tin1 laai6

Mandarin: tian1 lai4

sounds of nature

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天糊

tin1 wu2

Mandarin: tian1 hu2

noun; terminal tiles in mahjong game, to win the game

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天經地義

tin1 ging1 dei6 ji6

Mandarin: tian1 jing1 di4 yi4

lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. (in line with what's)right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course

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