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天方夜谭

tiān fāng yè tán

4-character word Traditional 天方夜譚

What 天方夜谭 means

1. fantasy story

Other readings

天方夜谭 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Tiān fāng Yè tánThe Arabian Nights (classic story)

The characters in 天方夜谭

• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright
• 夜yènight
• 谭Tánsurname Tan

Example sentences

• 五十年前，电视、电脑这种东西简直是天方夜谭。
  Wǔshí niánqián, diànshì, diànnǎo zhèzhǒng dōngxi jiǎnzhí shì tiānfāngyètán.
  Such things as television and computers could not have been dreamed of fifty years ago.