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天下

tiān xià

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

天下 (tiān xià) means "land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 天下 means

1. land under heaven
2. the whole world
3. the whole of China
4. realm
5. rule

The characters in 天下

• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below

Example sentences

• 今天下雪。
  It's snowy today.
• 今天下雨。
  It's raining today.
• 昨天下雨了。
  It rained yesterday.
• 今天下雨了。
  It's rainy today.
• 昨天下小雨。
  There was a light rain yesterday.
• 昨天下大雨。
  We had a heavy rain yesterday.

Words starting with 天下

• 天下大乱tiān xià dà luànthe whole country in rebellion
• 天下太平tiān xià tài píngthe whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
• 天下大势tiān xià dà shìthe overall state of affairs in the world (esp. in political or historical terms)…
• 天下第一tiān xià dì yīfirst under heaven; number one in the country
• 天下没有不散的筵席tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xíall good things must come to an end (idiom)
• 天下乌鸦一般黑tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēiall crows are black (idiom); evil people are bad all over the world
• 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)…
• 天下兴亡，匹夫有责tiān xià xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zéThe rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility…
• 天下没有不散的宴席tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xísee 天下没有不散的筵席

Words containing 天下

• 打天下dǎ tiān xiàto seize power; to conquer the world; to establish and expand a business
• 平天下píng tiān xiàto pacify the country
• 包打天下bāo dǎ tiān xiàto run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business…
• 普天下pǔ tiān xiàthroughout the world
• 名满天下míng mǎn tiān xià(idiom) famous throughout the land; renowned far and wide
• 唯恐天下不乱wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luànto wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom)
• 兼善天下jiān shàn tiān xià(idiom) to work for the common good beyond one's own interests
• 兼济天下jiān jì tiān xià(idiom) to make everyone's lives better
• 扫除天下sǎo chú tiān xià(idiom) to re-establish order throughout the empire
• 威震天下wēi zhèn tiān xiàto inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
• 滑天下之大稽huá tiān xià zhī dà jīto be the most ridiculous thing in the world (idiom)
• 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
• 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 lèto be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself…
• 秀才不出门，全知天下事xiù cai bù chū mén , quán zhī tiān xià shìa learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
• 秀才不出门，能知天下事xiù cai bù chū mén , néng zhī tiān xià shìa learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
• 冒天下之大不韪mào tiān xià zhī dà bù wěisee 冒大不韪

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