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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
包打天下	包打天下	[bao1 da3 tian1 xia4]	/to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business/not allow anyone else to have a look in/	6341	1
打天下	打天下	[da3 tian1 xia4]	/to seize power/to conquer the world/to establish and expand a business/to carve out a career for oneself/	3484	1
滑天下之大稽	滑天下之大稽	[hua2 tian1 xia4 zhi1 da4 ji1]	/to be the most ridiculous thing in the world (idiom)/	2396	1
兼濟天下	兼济天下	[[jian1ji4-tian1xia4]]	/(idiom) to make everyone's lives better/	360	2
兼善天下	兼善天下	[[jian1shan4-tian1xia4]]	/(idiom) to work for the common good beyond one's own interests/	360	2
冒天下之大不韙	冒天下之大不韪	[mao4 tian1 xia4 zhi1 da4 bu4 wei3]	/see 冒大不韙\|冒大不韪[mao4 da4 bu4 wei3]/	3647	1
名滿天下	名满天下	[[ming2man3tian1xia4]]	/(idiom) famous throughout the land; renowned far and wide/	373	2
平天下	平天下	[ping2 tian1 xia4]	/to pacify the country/	4810	1
普天下	普天下	[pu3 tian1 xia4]	/throughout the world/	6204	1
掃除天下	扫除天下	[[sao3chu2-tian1xia4]]	/(idiom) to re-establish order throughout the empire/	731	2
世上無難事，只怕有心人	世上无难事，只怕有心人	[shi4 shang4 wu2 nan2 shi4 , zhi3 pa4 you3 xin1 ren2]	/see 天下無難事，只怕有心人\|天下无难事，只怕有心人[tian1 xia4 wu2 nan2 shi4 , zhi3 pa4 you3 xin1 ren2]/	1863	1
天下	天下	[tian1 xia4]	/land under heaven/the whole world/the whole of China/realm/rule/	5021	1
天下大亂	天下大乱	[tian1 xia4 da4 luan4]	/the whole country in rebellion/	6570	1
天下第一	天下第一	[tian1 xia4 di4 yi1]	/first under heaven/number one in the country/	6582	1
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]	/all good things must come to an end (idiom)/	5351	1
天下沒有不散的宴席	天下没有不散的宴席	[tian1 xia4 mei2 you3 bu4 san4 de5 yan4 xi2]	/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]/	5347	1
天下太平	天下太平	[tian1 xia4 tai4 ping2]	/the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity/	6269	1
天下烏鴉一般黑	天下乌鸦一般黑	[tian1 xia4 wu1 ya1 yi1 ban1 hei1]	/all crows are black (idiom)/evil people are bad all over the world/	2770	1
天下興亡，匹夫有責	天下兴亡，匹夫有责	[tian1 xia4 xing1 wang2 , pi3 fu1 you3 ze2]	/The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society./	6341	1
天下大勢	天下大势	[[tian1xia4 da4shi4]]	/the overall state of affairs in the world (esp. in political or historical terms); the prevailing trend across the nation or empire/	478	2
天下無難事，只怕有心人	天下无难事，只怕有心人	[[tian1xia4 wu2 nan2shi4, zhi3pa4 you3xin1ren2]]	/(lit.) there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)/(fig.) persistence will overcome/	58	2
威震天下	威震天下	[wei1 zhen4 tian1 xia4]	/to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)/	3432	1
唯恐天下不亂	唯恐天下不乱	[wei2 kong3 tian1 xia4 bu4 luan4]	/to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom)/	3963	1
先天下之憂而憂，後天下之樂而樂	先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐	[[xian1 tian1xia4 zhi1 you1 er2 you1, hou4 tian1xia4 zhi1 le4 er2 le4]]	/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])/	745	2
挾天子以令天下	挟天子以令天下	[xie2 tian1 zi3 yi3 ling4 tian1 xia4]	/(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country/	6884	1
秀才不出門，能知天下事	秀才不出门，能知天下事	[xiu4 cai5 bu4 chu1 men2 , neng2 zhi1 tian1 xia4 shi4]	/a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)/	4213	1
秀才不出門，全知天下事	秀才不出门，全知天下事	[xiu4 cai5 bu4 chu1 men2 , quan2 zhi1 tian1 xia4 shi4]	/a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)/	4213	1

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