tiān​wèn

Questions to Heaven

  • created sense approved 天问/天問 · tiān​wèn · Questions to Heaven — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天问 / 天問

    tiān​wèn

    Questions to Heaven

    "Questions to Heaven", a famous long poem by the Warring States period poet [[屈原|屈原|qu1 yuan2]], consisting entirely of questions exploring cosmic, historical, and mythological themes; it is a major work in the [[楚辞|楚辭|chu3 ci2]] collection.

    天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · God 问 (literal) → 问/問 · wèn · to ask

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  • created sense approved 天问/天問 · tiān​wèn · Tianwen — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天问 / 天問

    tiān​wèn

    Tianwen

    Tianwen; an interplanetary exploration program by the China National Space Administration (CNSA), including missions to Mars (Tianwen-1) and beyond, named after the classical poem

    天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · God 问 (literal) → 问/問 · wèn · to ask

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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