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thiên tào

celestial court
Noun
celestial court

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
celestial court Discourse & LogicTheme

A synonym for the celestial court or heaven in traditional Vietnamese beliefs.

vi Người ta tin rằng mọi việc trần gian đều được thiên tào ghi chép lại.

en It is believed that everything on earth is recorded by the celestial court.

Parts
thiên / tào / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 天曹 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 天曹

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
天曹
Candidates by syllable
thiên 天 tào 嘈(曹)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
thiên tạo / Nam Tào / thầy tào / công tào …
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Use
thiên tài / thiên hạ / thiên chúa / thiên thần …
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