滔天(tāo tiān): (of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering
2 characters
(of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- tāo tiān
- Meaning
- (of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering; overwhelming; immense
- HSK level
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- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
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Related words
Common words sharing a character with 滔天 — tap one to open its word page.
jīn今tiān天
HSK 1today
tāo滔tāo滔bù不jué绝
HSK 7-9(idiom) to produce a torrent of words; to talk on and on
yī一tiān天dào到wǎn晚
HSK 7-9all day long; the whole day
xiān先tiān天
HSK 7-9embryonic period (contrasted with 后天)
tāo滔tiān天dà大zuì罪
heinous crime
tāo滔tāo滔
torrential
zuì罪è恶tāo滔tiān天
(idiom) to have committed heinous crimes
yī一shǒu手zhē遮tiān天
lit. to hide the sky with one hand
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