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星
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Definitions
- 1. star
- 2. heavenly body
- 3. satellite
- 4. small amount
Example Sentences
1 shown火 星 有兩個衛 星 。
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Words Containing 星
reflection nebula
asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
stellar system
Andromeda galaxy M31
meteor
Jupiter (planet)
Xingxiuhai Basin in Qinghai, more than 4000m above sea level, featuring numerous lakes large and small
Neptune (planet)
starry
Qixing district of Guilin city 桂林市[guì lín shì], Guangxi
see 披星戴月[pī xīng dài yuè]
popular comedian
Sanxing or Sanhsing Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
star atlas
catalog of stars and nebulae
astrologer (esp. Daoist)
singing star
Sunday
last week
astrologer
scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place
(astronomy) Venus
cat (Internet slang)
comet or supernova viewed as evil portent
Mars (planet)
which day of the week
pulsar (astronomy)
benzathine benzylpenicillin (aka benzathine penicillin G)
last week
this week
Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister
Venus (planet)
double star
star alignment (in astrology)
fortnight
lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign
astrology and physiognomy
lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom); requiring immediate action
meteor shower
front sight (firearms)
Chinese constellations
Halley's Comet
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Sin Chew Daily, Malaysian newspaper
galactic disc
child star
Rosette nebula NGC 2237
communications satellite
emission nebula
(neologism c. 2014) celebrity with a huge, devoted fan base
Altair and its two adjacent stars
Star God of Rank and Affluence (Daoism)
Vesta, an asteroid, second most massive object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1807 by H.W. Olbers
the Great Nebula in Orion M42
many stars
the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard
interplanetary
to travel or work through night and day
quasar
satellite TV
binary star
Xian Xinghai (1905-1945), violinist and composer, known for patriotic wartime pieces, including Yellow River Oratorio 黃河大合唱|黄河大合唱[huáng hé dà hé chàng]
astrologer
to broadcast through satellite
chatterbox
name of the flag of the People's Republic of China
meteorite
nickname of Beijing Daxing International Airport 北京大興國際機場|北京大兴国际机场[běi jīng dà xīng guó jì jī chǎng], whose terminal building looks like a giant alien starfish
bane of others' existence
(astronomy) giant star
Sing Tao, Hong Kong media group and publisher of Sing Tao Daily 星島日報|星岛日报
celestial body (planet, satellite etc)
week
satellite navigation system
Hongxing district of Yichun city 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
(coll.) a star; the stars in the sky
resourceful person
star name
dwarf planet
Orionids
bright as a multitude of stars (idiom); extremely able talent
Saturday
Vega, brightest star in constellation Lyra 天琴星座
Frappuccino
nanosatellite
nova (astronomy)
Star Wars
messenger of death
Park Ji-sung (1981-), South Korean former footballer, played for Manchester United (2005-2012)
punctilious
radiant nebula
(astronomy) Big Dipper
companion (star)
Sanxing or Sanhsing Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)
comet (arch.)
Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16
(bird species of China) Bhutan laughingthrush (Trochalopteron imbricatum)
Wisconsin, US state
Milky Way
picosatellite
Sunday
see 恆星系|恒星系[héng xīng xì]
Martian
Carl's Jr. (fast-food restaurant chain)
terrestrial planet
star catalog
asterisk * (punct.)
nemesis
stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the rectangular body of the dipper
Pleiades M45
lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
Micro-Star International (MSI), Taiwanese computer hardware company
starfish
Juno, an asteroid
nickname of American singer Bruno Mars
starry sky
Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelinaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian equivalent of GPS
red supergiant (star)
astrologer
the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
Lu Xixing (1520-c. 1601), Ming Daoist author, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[fēng shén yǎn yì] is attributed, together with Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳[xǔ zhòng lín]
Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16
see 急如星火[jí rú xīng huǒ]
celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc); heavenly body
bearer of ill luck
variable star
astronomic calendar
Pleiades M45
rapidly
alien
observation satellite
Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong newspaper
Hongxing district of Yichun city 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
starlight
red giant (star)
lit. a meteor catching up with the moon
children of celebrities
star chart
the Big Dipper
Tuesday
planet
Saturn (planet)
imaginary star (in astrology)
Pallas, an asteroid, discovered in 1802 by H.W. Olbers
Omega or Horseshoe Nebula M17
nanosatellite
Star network
astrology
Xingzi county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
(of army officers) to be on duty for the week
(astronomy) bolide
Xingzi county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
Xu Xing (1969-), Chinese palaeontologist
odd
astrologist (in former times)
Louxing district of Loudi city 婁底市|娄底市[lóu dǐ shì], Hunan
to see stars
weather satellite
Ceres, dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1801 by G. Piazzi
at a stride
the sidereal year (astronomy)
seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
Mars Express, a European Space Agency spacecraft launched in 2003
Lexington, Massachusetts
Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16
interstellar
(astronomy) dark nebula; absorption nebula
clash that leaves both sides shattered
spiral galaxy
Mercury (planet)
alpha Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
to divine by astrology
the moon and the stars
savior; liberator; emancipator; knight in shining armor
Pluto (dwarf planet)
Star Ferry terminal, Hong Kong
meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
(astronomy) triple star system
sun, moon and the five visible planets
enthusiastic fan
star chart
Uranus (planet)
black dwarf star
unlucky star (evil portent in astrology)
Andromeda galaxy M31
god of longevity
Venus (planet)
Qixing district of Guilin city 桂林市[guì lín shì], Guangxi
just the tiniest bit
heavenly bodies (esp. the sun, moon or five visible planets)
Trifid Nebula M20
dwarf star
dog (Internet slang)
Stephen Chow (1962-), Hong Kong actor, comedian, screenwriter and film director, known for his mo lei tau 無厘頭|无厘头[wú lí tóu] movies
astrology
pentagram
temple to Kuixing, Daoist God of fate
Wednesday
(astronomy) astrolabe
constellation
film star
comet
interstellar
five-star (hotel)
(astronomy) asterism
satellite photo
great nebula in Andromeda or Andromeda galaxy M31
lit. Martian language
Lai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and smuggling, extradited from Canada back to China in 2008
(bird species of China) grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos canicapillus)
lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[běi dǒu xīng] has turned and the stars have moved
Tarantula Nebula
to launch a satellite
(China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)
neutron star
Pleiades M45
rare as morning stars (idiom)
a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
star cluster
satellite photo
galactic nebula
artificial satellite
Starbucks, US coffee shop chain
\satellite\ town
Crab Nebula
Mercury in traditional Chinese astronomy
astrology
constellation (arch., now 星座)
morning stars
lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[běi chén] (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
satellite navigation
Sirius, a double star in constellation Canis Major 大犬座
Mars in traditional Chinese astronomy
extragalactic star system
a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
(fixed) star
astrologer
sputter
astrology
stars
to walk quickly
the Horse's Head nebula
communications satellite
Thursday
Louxing district of Loudi city 婁底市|娄底市[lóu dǐ shì], Hunan
space alien; extraterrestrial
astrology
Samsung Group
OnStar, communications system for motor vehicles featuring speech recognition, GPS navigation etc
the Big Dipper
supernova residue (a type of nebula)
six-pointed star
female star
Eurostar (train line)
child whose birthday is being celebrated
great masterwort (Astrantia major)
the twelve signs of the zodiac
bright star
Jovian planet
mascot
nebula
male star
supernova
spirit of the planet Mars
lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[běi dǒu xīng] has turned and the stars have moved
(Western-style) horoscope
Altair (star)
Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)
to wish for the stars and the moon
Stars and Stripes, the flag of the United States
meteoroid
Friday
aspect of the celestial bodies (used for navigation and astrology)
stars
Arcturus (brightest star in the constellation Boötes 牧伕座|牧夫座[mù fū zuò])
(astronomy) main-sequence star
global positioning system (GPS)
star
asteroid
comet (arch.)
blue giant star
Wisconsin, US state
lit. whole sky, a multitude of stars
Monday
star rating
magnitude of a star
see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhòng xīng pěng yuè]
Lagoon Nebula M8
Baby's Breath
Andromeda constellation (galaxy) M31
StarCraft (video game series)
(bird species of China) spotted elachura (Elachura formosa)
archaeological site of Sanxingdui outside Chengdu (Sichuan), exhibiting remarkable bronze artifacts from the 11-12th centuries BC
satellite television show
planet
constellation governing scholarship and examinations; (fig.) renowned literary genius
next week
astrology
red dwarf star
(coll.) to look every bit the big star
to idolize a celebrity
(bird species of China) Japanese pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos kizuki)
sports star (ball sport)
actress or actor known for having been photographed in the nude or for appearing in sexy scenes
popular comedian
barred spiral galaxy
white dwarf
satellite
Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)
28-spotted ladybird
comet
diffuse nebula
see 眾星捧月|众星捧月[zhòng xīng pěng yuè]
brown dwarf star
fragmentary
(bird species of China) spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
Star Trek (US TV and film series)
spiral nebula
Kuixing, the Great Bear, one of the 28 constellations
extragalactic nebula
spark
(science fiction) home planet
North Star
next week
Lyra, constellation containing Vega 織女星|织女星[zhī nu:3 xīng]