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天花板

tiān huā bǎn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word

天花板 (tiān huā bǎn) means "ceiling (of a room); (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 天花板 means

1. ceiling (of a room)
2. (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field)

The characters in 天花板

• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 花huāflower; blossom; fancy pattern
• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate

Example sentences

• 天花板上有洞。
  There's a hole in the ceiling.
• 苍蝇能在天花板上走。
  Cāngying néng zài tiānhuābǎn shàng zǒu.
  A fly can walk on the ceiling.
• 天花板上有一只蜻蜓。
  Tiānhuābǎn shàng yǒu yī zhī qīngtíng.
  There is a dragonfly on the ceiling.
• 天花板上面有只苍蝇。
  There is a fly on the ceiling.
• 他把天花板刷成了蓝色。
  He painted the ceiling blue.
• 我看到天花板上有一只苍蝇
  Wǒ kàn dào tiānhuābǎn shàng yǒu yī zhī cāngying
  I saw a fly on the ceiling.

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