朝天 cháotiān
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cháotiān
verb
to have an audience with the Emperor; to be presented at court
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '朝天'; Guoyu '朝天' 1; Mathews 1931 '朝天', p. 27) -
cháotiān
verb
to look skyward; to look up
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '朝天'; Guoyu '朝天' 2; Mathews 1931 '朝天', p. 27) -
cháotiān
adverb
daily
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '朝天', p. 26)
Contained in
- 热火朝天(熱火朝天) in full swing; (in a) frenzy; buzzing with activity
- 朝天宫(朝天宮) Chaotian Temple
- 四脚朝天(四腳朝天) four legs facing the sky; flat on one's back
- 面朝黄土背朝天(面朝黃土背朝天) face to the ground, back to the sky
- 素面朝天 to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃); (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup
- 朝天椒 chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens var)
- 底朝天 upside down; upturned
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- 卷六十三 志第三十九 樂三 Volume 63 Treatises 39: Music 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 7
- 卷一百四十二 志第九十五 樂十七 Volume 142 Treatises 95: Music 17 History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
- 卷二百八十七 列傳第四十六 楊礪 宋湜 王嗣宗 李昌齡 趙安仁 陳彭年 Volume 287 Biographies 46: Yang Li, Song Shi, Wang Sizong, Li Changling, Zhao Anren, Chen Pengnian History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
- 第三十三回 Chapter 33 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 第八十二回 Chapter 82 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
- 卷七 秦五 Chapter 7: Qin V Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 3
- 第七十五回 Chapter 75 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 卷二百〇八 志第一百六十一 藝文七 Volume 208 Treatises 161: Arts and Literature 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
- 第十回 Chapter 10 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 卷十三 齊六 Chapter 13: Qi VI Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 2
Collocations
- 朝天子 (朝天子) 不能朝天子 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 48
- 朝天礼拜 (朝天禮拜) 那相良兩口兒只是朝天禮拜 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第十二回 Chapter 12 — count: 8
- 诸侯朝天 (諸侯朝天) 諸侯朝天子 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 8
- 朝天乐 (朝天樂) 南詔朝天樂 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷二百二十二下 列傳第一百四十七下 南蠻下 Volume 222c Biographies 147c: Southern Man 3 — count: 4
- 万国朝天 (萬國朝天) 上又取太宗所撰萬國朝天曲曰同和之舞 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百二十六 志第七十九 樂一 Volume 126 Treatises 79: Music 1 — count: 4
- 儿朝天 (兒朝天) 將底兒朝天 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十三回 Chapter 33 — count: 4
- 凤眼朝天 (鳳眼朝天) 鳳眼朝天 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四十四回 Chapter 44 — count: 3
- 朝天等 (朝天等) 朝天等五砦並廢 — History of Song 宋史, 卷九十 志第四十三 地理六 Volume 90 Treatises 43: Geography 6 — count: 3
- 面朝天 (面朝天) 仰面朝天冷笑道 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第十回 Chapter 10 — count: 3
- 朝天道 (朝天道) 仰身朝天道 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第五十回 Chapter 50 — count: 3