No. 7,862 in Chinese
霄
"霄" means "sky" or "heavens."
In a sentence
长夜漫漫，我仰望星霄，只觉得天地无限宽广。
The long night stretches endlessly as I look upon the starry sky, feeling the vastness of heaven and earth.
In this sentence, '星霄' refers to the starry sky, representing a poetic and literary use of '霄' to evoke the vastness and beauty of the heavens.
他的意志如霄，一直向上攀登，不曾停息。
His will is like the heavens, always climbing upwards without pause.
Here, '霄' symbolizes the vast and high nature of the sky, metaphorically representing unbounded ambition or aspiration.
我们乘坐飞机穿过云霄，俯瞰大地的壮丽景象。
We traveled by plane through the clouds into the sky, overlooking the majestic scenery of the earth.
In this sentence, '云霄' specifically refers to the sky as seen above the clouds, emphasizing high altitude.
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