戴

Meaning

戴 centers on having something placed upon one from above: being crowned with an honor, living under a ruler's authority, or formally receiving something bestowed.

• 頂戴ちょうだい
  N3

  receiving; getting; accepting; being given

• 戴冠たいかん

  coronation; crowning

• 不倶戴天ふぐたいてん

  cannot allow (oneself) to live (with someone) under the canopy of heaven; cannot allow (the sworn enemy) to live in this world; irreconcilable (enemy)

• 戴冠式たいかんしき

  coronation ceremony; enthronement

• お涙頂戴おなみだちょうだい

  tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale

• ポッペアの戴冠ポッペアのたいかん

  L'incoronazione di Poppea (opera by Monteverdi); The Coronation of Poppaea

• 不倶戴天の敵ふぐたいてんのてき

  mortal enemy; sworn enemy; nemesis

• 君父の讐は倶に天を戴かずくんぷのあだはともにてんをいただかず

  not wanting to live in the same world as one's father's or lord's enemies; being prepared to sacrifice one's life to avenge one's father or lord

• 奉戴ほうたい

  choosing (a nobleman) as the leader or president of a company or organization

• 戴くものは夏も小袖いただくものはなつもこそで

  taking whatever one can get one's hands on; being greedy; accepting a padded silk sleeve even in summer

• 戴勝やつがしら

  hoopoe (species of Eurasian bird, Upupa epops)

• 戴天たいてん

  one's earthly existence; living under heaven

• 戴帽式たいぼうしき

  capping ceremony (for newly qualified nurses)

• 戴白たいはく

  old people; becoming gray haired (grey)

• 推戴すいたい

  (being) presided over by

• 菊戴きくいただき

  goldcrest (species of passerine bird, Regulus regulus)

• 頂戴物ちょうだいもの

  present; gift

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