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Open the tool →瞻天恋阙 (zhān tiān liàn quē) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to yearn for or be deeply attached to a high position”.
瞻天恋阙 is pronounced zhān tiān liàn quē in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 瞻天恋阙 means “Gaze at the sky, yearn for the palace towers”. It is used to mean “to yearn for or be deeply attached to a high position”.
瞻:视,望;阙:古代宫殿外的高建筑物;天、阙:借指帝王。仰望、依恋帝王,形容臣下留恋朝廷