补天

補天
bǔtiān
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to mend the sky
  2. 2 Mending Heaven, the first story in Lu Xun's Old Tales Retold

Examples

HSK 5
鲁迅的《补天》最初叫《不周山》。
Lǔ Xùn de 《 Bǔtiān 》 zuìchū jiào 《 Bùzhōushān 》.
Lu Xun's story 'Mending Heaven' was first titled 'Mount Buzhou'.
HSK 7-9
Chuánshuō tiān tā le yí kuài, Nǚwā jiù yòng wǔsèshí lái bǔtiān.
Legend says that when part of the sky fell in, Nüwa mended it with stones of five colours.

Tips

culture
In the myth the pillars holding up the sky broke and heaven split open; the goddess 女娲 melted stones of five colours to patch it, the story told as 炼石补天. 鲁迅 retold it as 《补天》, the opening story of 故事新编.

Stroke Order

补 bǔ
天 tiān