天てん問もん

noun

Tianwen (Chinese interplanetary mission)

Refers to China's planetary exploration program, especially the Mars mission Tianwen-1. Used in news and technical contexts.

• 中ちゅう国ごくの火か星せい探たん査さ機き「天てん問もん1号ごう」が火か星せいに着ちゃく陸りくした。

  China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 landed on Mars.

noun

Heavenly Questions (classical Chinese poem)

A long classical Chinese poem attributed to Qu Yuan, consisting of questions about mythology, history, and the cosmos. Known in Japanese as 天問.

• 屈くつ原げんの「天てん問もん」は、天てんや神しん話わに対たいする疑ぎ問もんを詩しの形かたちで問といかけた作さく品ひんです。

  Qu Yuan's 'Heavenly Questions' is a work that poses questions about heaven and mythology in poetic form.