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a heaven-made matchheaven helps a good man; heaven keeps the good out of harm's wayearth-shattering and heaven-batteringswear by the Heaven and the sun
a different world (of delight)in days of oldto become an immortalthunderbolt
niosyreckless waste of natural resourcesthe ends of the worldunsually lucky person
harbor an eternal sorrowascend to the heaven or descend to earthidealgreat happiness
God's law justice is manifesttransform heaven and earthbe congenitally deficientresort to all sorts of schemes
intolerable justiceweather is cold and ground is frozenthe whole world or nation joins in the jubilationwhen a man gets to the top, all his friends and relations get there with him
look at the sky from the bottom of a wellWonderful workmanship excelling naturein a towering passioncalamities of nature and calamities imposed by other people
be of the remote past in days of oldheaven fragrance and national beautyhoodwink the publicplan the world affairs
wrath of God and resentment of menbe done over night reach Heaven at a single boundutterly devoid of conscience; be entirely heartlessfreak
lament to heaven and knock one's head on earth utter cries of anguishall is at peaceBroad daylighthold up one's nose
(literally) heaven and earth--the sharp contrast between happiness and miseryGod's own countryNothing can be done to revive the dead or to save the dyingPoles apart
all the difference (in the world)earth-shaking changestowering crimeswhopper
shake the universeafter a considerable period of timeinfringe justicemonstrous lie
audacious in the extreme; with reckless daringHeaven carries out the desires of manweighing scales to test twisting forcesomeday
innocenceCatholica world of differencenurses
Itoku-tennoShirakawa TennōKoan-tennoKinjō Tennō
Annei TennōKogen-tennoKosho-tennoAnkan Tennō
Ingō-tennōHanzei-tennōAnkō Tennōmonstrous crimes
to unite the whole empire under one governmentthe heaven and eartharrogate to oneself the merits of others; credit the achievements of other oneselfa paragon of virtue
there cannot be two kings in a countryfall backwards with hands and legs in the airmake brilliant contributions as Empressthere are skies beyond our skies
the water and sky merge in one colorso dark, or full of suffering, that it is as if the sun were not in the sky (said ofto exaggeratenight and day
souls in paradise(in Buddhism) the highest place in the firmamentwork blindlysurvival of the fittest in natural __select__ion
run the whole showgood luck and long lifeutterly devoid of consciencesweep away evil
to benefit all the people in the worldvery influential and powerful(literally) God doesn't give him a life long enough (to accomplish his task, etc.)-- usually said of a person who dies on an important jobtier
weather situationcounter balancestripNatural fibres
Viru dhakasubsoilMaha-brahmaNomingia
whooping swancaoutchoucAngel's Kissvanity
SarastiLaksmiMahesvaraavatar
"The Monkey Creates Havoc in Heaven", story about Sun Wu KongCygnus buccinatorlens antennamikado
spirit that supposedly protects and guides a person or placeU. lobbata L.Aralescongenital malformation
skywalkpemphigoidGraphistemma Champ. ex Benth. et Hook. f.assumption
pelargoniumwhiteoutAraceaepopery
asparagus linn.equatorseraphTianjin dialect
Salisorosides RosavinGaillardiaC-of the AngelsApogonidae
hylocereus britton et rosecosmogonyhydrocotyle linn.Urena L.
AsparagalesVir6p6ksaDhrtar6straCygnus melanocorypha
Vaisramanaumbrella aerialarisaema mart.(literally) law of nature and feelings of man--reasonable
on God's earth(literally) to roll the world up like a mat--to take all of ita broad expanse of river is linked with the skyrule according to the will of Heaven
starrinessbe driven by passion, risk sex adventuresthe course of nature and one's consciencewail and whine
everybody knowsan affinity given by HeavenHeaven would not fail a manwin resounding fame throughout the country
to feel shame before Heaven and fellow human beingslook at the blue sky with great sadnessa child prodigytremendous
dagu in northeast Chinaa gas fieldcongenital assential substanceantenna pigment
the richest in the worldsupport the heaven and pillar the earthin my soul of soulselemi
annunciationAntenna Gainan ideal couple(literally) to ascend the heavy or to descend to earth--everywhere
Martini Dry, ItalyMartini Rosso, Italyact in response to the will of Heaven and timekite fly up sky
carpesium linn.handelia heimerlcoincidentbe rather quiyotic as simple as a child
ambroma linnf.astronomical figuresall below heaven are seething insurectionDiomedeidae
Tianzhidizhiin total disorder or disarrangementfecunditymercy
the sky is high and the weatherfineHeaven-sent chancetrebuchetknowledge
astronomical ephemeriselectronic balanceexcellent naturalsskyscraper