朝天
朝天
cháo tiān
to have an audience with the Emperor; to be presented at court; to look skyward; to look up
verb
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- (verb) to have an audience with the Emperor
- to be presented at court
- to look skyward
- to look up
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Related Words
断袖之癖(duàn xiù zhī pǐ)· lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
→上疏(shàng shū)· (of a court official) to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
→佛爷(Fó ye)· Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2])
→内廷(nèi tíng)· place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc
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