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如日中天

rúrìzhōngtiān

lit. like the sun at noon (idiom)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

lit. like the sun at noon (idiom)

02

fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 如日中天 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 如日中天 appears in 10 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

她的演艺事业如日中天,片约、代言接连不断。tā de yǎn yì shì yè rú rì zhōng tiān, piàn yuē、 dài yán jiē lián bù duàn。

No published English translation for this sentence.

那位棋手年仅二十便称霸赛场,气势如日中天。nà wèi qí shǒu nián jǐn èr shí biàn chēng bà sài chǎng, qì shì rú rì zhōng tiān。

No published English translation for this sentence.

这家科技公司创立不过五年,声势便已如日中天。zhè jiā kē jì gōng sī chuàng lì bù guò wǔ nián, shēng shì biàn yǐ rú rì zhōng tiān。

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COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 如日中天.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 如日中天.

Directly before

  • 演艺事业如日中天1
  • 已如日中天1
  • 声望如日中天1
  • 气势如日中天1
  • 声誉如日中天1

Directly after

  • 如日中天的3
  • 如日中天之际1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 如日中天

What does 如日中天 mean in Chinese?

如日中天 (rúrìzhōngtiān) means lit. like the sun at noon (idiom).

How do you pronounce 如日中天?

如日中天 is pronounced rúrìzhōngtiān.

Is 如日中天 an HSK word?

如日中天 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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