天下 (tin1 haa6 | tian1 xia4) : the world, China

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天下

tin1 haa6

tian1 xia4

everything under the sky, the world, China

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 7,040,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

天下

This word has been viewed 1821 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Jun 2009 05:08

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Characters in this word:

天 tin1 - sky, heaven
下 haa6 haa5 - under; lower; next; go down

12 compounds containing this word:

天下無敵 - invincible
一統天下 - unify the whole country
天下為公 - the world belongs to the people
天下第一 - the first / the best under heaven
天下無難事 - nothing is impossible
天下太平 - world peace
天下烏鴉一般黑 - all bad people in the world are equally black
母儀天下 - be a motherly role-model for the nation (said of an empress)
揚名天下 - to enjoy widespread renown
獨步天下 - be unparallaled; be one of a kind
天下烏鴉一樣黑 - evil people are bad the world over
桃李滿天下 - to have pupils everywhere

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講就天下無敵，做就無能為力。
[He] talks as if no one in the world could match him, but when he must act, he is completely incapable.

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Decimal representation of this word: 天下

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