Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "星" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "星" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
xīng
Definition
star / satellite / small amount
starlit night / a starry night
constellation (arch., now 星座) / one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology / motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology)
rare as morning stars (idiom) / few and far between / sparse
scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place
comet / jinx / bearer of ill luck
constellation / astrological sign / CL:張|张[zhang1]
spark program / spark plan
to travel or work through night and day / to toil away for long hours
week / CL:個|个[ge4] / day of the week / Sunday
see 恆星系|恒星系[heng2 xing1 xi4]
fragmentary / random / bits and pieces / sporadic
celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc) / heavenly body
star rating / top-class / highly rated
spark / meteor trail (mostly used in expressions like 急如星火[ji2 ru2 xing1 huo3])
interstellar / interplanetary
lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure / to group around a revered leader / to revolve around sb
A single spark can start a prairie fire. / A little spark makes a great fire.