Definitions

1. 1. Heaven
2. 2. Providence
3. 3. God
4. 4. the day before
5. 5. the sky above
6. 6. to fly to the sky
7. 7. to take off and fly into space
8. 8. to die
9. 9. to pass away

Components

• 上 shàng – on top
• 天 tiān – day

Related Words

• 捧上天 pěng shàng tiān – to praise to the skies
• 上天入地 shàng tiān rù dì – lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
• 上天无路，入地无门 shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén – lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)