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天下烏鴉一樣黑
  tin1 haa6 wu1 aa1 jat1 joeng6 hak1   jyutping
  tian1 xia4 wu1 ya1 yi1 yang4 hei1   pinyin
evil people are bad the world over; dogs bite in every country; the same holds true everywhere; all tarred with the same brush
[literal] all crows under heaven are equally black
[] 天下烏鴉一般黑


Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
天下烏鴉一樣黑 / 天下乌鸦一样黑

This word has been viewed 2404 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by C Chiu on 9th Feb 2017 01:08
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Characters in this word:

 tin1  -  sky, heaven
 haa6 haa5  -  under; lower; next; go down
 wu1  -  crow; dark
 aa1  -  [n] crow; raven
 jat1  -  one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little
 joeng6 joeng6*2  -  shape; sample; type
 hak1 haak1  -  black; dark; secret; wicked
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