yù​tiān

to pray to heaven

  • created sense approved 吁天/籲天 · yù​tiān · to pray to heaven — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吁天 / 籲天

    yù​tiān

    to pray to heaven

    (literary) to cry out to heaven for help or justice; to appeal to the heavens

    吁 (literal) → 吁/籲 · yù · to appeal 天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · God

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