天眼

Tiānyǎn

proper noun

Meanings

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

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Examples

HSK 7-9

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.

HSK 7-9

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.

Tips

culture

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.

Stroke Order

天 tiān

眼 yǎn