"天下" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 天下 | tiān xià | land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule |   | |
Results beginning with 天下 | ||||
| 天下第一 | tiān xià dì yī | first under heaven / number one in the country | | |
| 天下大乱 | tiān xià dà luàn | the whole country in rebellion | | |
| 天下太平 | tiān xià tài píng | the whole world at peace (idiom) / peace and prosperity | | |
| 天下乌鸦一般黑 | tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi | all crows are black (idiom) / evil people are bad all over the world | | |
| 天下没有不散的宴席 | tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí | see 天下沒有不散的筵席|天下没有不散的筵席[tian1 xia4 mei2 you3 bu4 san4 de5 yan2 xi2] | | |
| 天下没有不散的筵席 | tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xí | all good things must come to an end (idiom) | | |
| 天下兴亡，匹夫有责 | tiān xià xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé | The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society. | | |
| 天下无难事，只怕有心人 | tiān xià wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén | lit. there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom) / fig. persistence will overcome | | |
Approximate Results for 天下 | ||||
| 打天下 | dǎ tiān xià | to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself | | |
| 平天下 | píng tiān xià | to pacify the country | | |
| 普天下 | pǔ tiān xià | throughout the world | | |
| 包打天下 | bāo dǎ tiān xià | to run everything (idiom) / to monopolize the whole business / not allow anyone else to have a look in | | |
| 名满天下 | míng mǎn tiān xià | world famous | | |
| 扫除天下 | sǎo chú tiān xià | to sweep away evil / to purge (the world of crime) | | |
| 威震天下 | wēi zhèn tiān xià | to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom) | | |
| 兼济天下 | jiān jì tiān xià | to make everyone's lives better | | |
| 扫除天下 | sǎo chú - tiān xià | (idiom) to re-establish order throughout the empire | | |
| 唯恐天下不乱 | wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn | to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom) | | |
| 惟恐天下不乱 | wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn | motivated by a desire to see the world in chaos / lest all under heaven's not in chaos and disorder | | |
| 滑天下之大稽 | huá tiān xià zhī dà jī | to be the most ridiculous thing in the world (idiom) | | |
| 冒天下之大不韪 | mào tiān xià zhī dà bù wěi | see 冒大不韙|冒大不韪[mao4 da4 bu4 wei3] | | |
| 挟天子以令天下 | xié tiān zǐ yǐ lìng tiān xià | (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country | | |
| 秀才不出门，能知天下事 | xiù cai bù chū mén , néng zhī tiān xià shì | a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom) | | |
| 秀才不出门，全知天下事 | xiù cai bù chū mén , quán zhī tiān xià shì | a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom) | | |
| 与全世界为敌，冒天下之大不韪 | yǔ quán shì jiè wéi dí , mào tiān xià zhī dà bù wěi | to defy world opinion / to risk universal condemnation | | |
| 先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐 | xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu , hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè | to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4yang2 Lou2 Ji4] by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4yan1]) | | |
