ちゅうてん

沖天
rising into the heavens
中天
mid-air
mid-heaven
zenith
中点
middle point
median point

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I

ちゅうてん【中天】

midair; the midheaven; the middle sky; the zenith; the meridian.

●南の中天高く見える星座 a constellation visible to the south, high in the middle sky.

●中天にかかる美しい虹 a beautiful rainbow hanging in midair

・月は中天にかかる. The moon is (hanging) in the middle of the sky. | The moon is at the zenith [at the meridian].

II

ちゅうてん【中点】

【数】 the middle point; the median (point).

III

ちゅうてん【沖天】

●沖天の rising [shooting up] to heaven

・彼はまさに沖天の勢いである. He is definitely in the ascendant [on the up and up].