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Glbaltimes.cn | February 21, 2012 16:09
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Learning Chinese: Tian Tan

天坛

Pinyin: tiān tán

Meaning：Temple of Heaven

Sentence：Have you been to the Temple of Heaven in Beijing? 你去过北京的天坛吗？

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天：

Pinyin: tiān

Meaning: Sky; heaven; day

Radical: 大

Stokes: 4

Traditional: 天

Common words/Phrase:

天使tiān shǐ 【angel】

天堂tiān táng 【heaven; paradise】

天空tiān kōng 【sky】

天气tiān qì 【weather】

坛：

Pinyin: tán

Meaning: Altar

Radical: 土

Stokes: 7

Traditional: 壇

Common words/Phrase:

坛子tán zi 【crock; demijohn】

坛箩tán luó 【carboy hamper】

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