天眼

Tiānyǎn

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Meanings

1 FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope), nicknamed 'Sky Eye'
2 (Buddhism) the Heavenly Eye, one of the Five Eyes

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天眼是世界上最大的射电望远镜。

Tiānyǎn shì shìjiè shàng zuì dà de shèdiàn wàngyuǎnjìng.

FAST ('Sky Eye') is the world's largest radio telescope.

天眼坐落在贵州省的喀斯特洼地里。

Tiānyǎn zuòluò zài Guìzhōu shěng de kāsītè wādì lǐ.

FAST sits in a karst depression in Guizhou Province.

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Completed 2016 in Pingtang County, Guizhou; 500-meter dish, the world's largest filled-aperture radio telescope. The popular nickname 天眼 ('Sky Eye') borrowed an old Buddhist term — one of the 五眼 (Five Eyes) said to perceive across realms — and gave it a science-era reading.

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天 tiān

眼 yǎn