天公

tiāngōng
  1. heaven
  2. lord of heaven

CEDICT

  1. (literary or dialectal) the heavens; weather
  2. (literary, Chinese mythology, Chinese folk religion, Taoism) the Jade Emperor
  3. God; ruler of Heaven
  4. the Jade Emperor
  5. the heavens; weather

Wiktionary

  1. 玉皇大帝的別名。參見「玉皇大帝」條。
  2. 泛稱天。

重編國語辭典

  1. 天氣
  2. 玉皇大帝

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 天 tiān
  1. day
  2. sky
  3. heaven
2 公 gōng
  1. public
  2. collectively owned
  3. common
  4. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
  5. make public
  6. fair
  7. just
  8. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
  9. honorable (gentlemen)
  10. father-in-law
  11. male (animal)

Containing this entry

天公不作美 tiāngōngbùzuòměi
  1. Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
  2. the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美 tiāngōngzuòměi
  1. Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
  2. the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美 tiāngōngbùzuòměi)
天公地道 tiāngōngdìdào absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable

Related entries

上蒼 shàngcāng heaven
天界 tiānjiè heaven
旻 mín heaven
遠天 yuǎntiān
  1. heaven
  2. the distant sky
天堂 tiāntáng
  1. paradise
  2. heaven
瑪麗難以相信湯姆從來没有聽過《通往天堂的階梯》。

Mary couldn't believe that Tom had never listened to Stairway to Heaven.

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