天下 | [tiān xià, ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ, 天 下] land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule; domination #2,180 [Add to Longdo] |
名满天下 | [míng mǎn tiān xià, ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ, 名 满 天 下 / 名 滿 天 下] world famous #70,298 [Add to Longdo] |
包打天下 | [bāo dǎ tiān xià, ㄅㄠ ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ, 包 打 天 下] to run everything (成语 saw); to monopolize the whole business; not allow anyone else to have a look in #91,583 [Add to Longdo] |
威震天下 | [wēi zhèn tiān xià, ㄨㄟ ㄓㄣˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ, 威 震 天 下] formidable renown gives one authority over the whole country #102,974 [Add to Longdo] |
扫除天下 | [sǎo chú tiān xià, ㄙㄠˇ ㄔㄨˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ, 扫 除 天 下 / 掃 除 天 下] to sweep away evil; to purge (the world of crime) #499,404 [Add to Longdo] |
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, ㄒㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄓ ㄧㄡ ㄦˊ ㄧㄡ, ㄏㄡˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄓ ㄌㄜˋ ㄦˊ ㄌㄜˋ, 先 天 下 之 忧 而 忧 , 后 天 下 之 乐 而 乐 / 先 天 下 之 憂 而 憂 , 后 天 下 之 樂 而 樂] The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 範仲淹|范仲淹 [Add to Longdo] |
天下兴亡,匹夫有责 | [tiān xià xīng wáng, pǐ fū yǒu zé, ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄨㄤˊ, ㄆㄧˇ ㄈㄨ ㄧㄡˇ ㄗㄜˊ, 天 下 兴 亡 , 匹 夫 有 责 / 天 下 興 , 亡 匹 夫 有 責] The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (成语 saw). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society. [Add to Longdo] |
挟天子以令天下 | [xié tiān zǐ yǐ lìng tiān xià, ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄗˇ ㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ, 挟 天 子 以 令 天 下 / 挾 天 子 以 令 天 下] (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country [Add to Longdo] |
天下 | [てんか(P);てんが;てんげ, tenka (P); tenga ; tenge] (n) (1) the whole world; (2) the whole country; (3) society; the public; (4) supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power; (5) having one's own way; doing as one pleases; (adj-no) (6) peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous; (n) (7) (arch) shogun (Edo period); (P) #6,631 [Add to Longdo] |
一人天下;独り天下 | [ひとりてんか;ひとりでんか, hitoritenka ; hitoridenka] (n) being the sole master of the situation; reigning supreme; standing unchallenged [Add to Longdo] |
炎天下 | [えんてんか, entenka] (n) under blazing sun [Add to Longdo] |
金は天下の回り物;金は天下の回りもの | [かねはてんかのまわりもの, kanehatenkanomawarimono] (exp) money comes and goes; money goes around and around [Add to Longdo] |
三日天下 | [みっかてんか;みっかでんか, mikkatenka ; mikkadenka] (n) short-lived rule; being in power only for a brief period; brief championship [Add to Longdo] |
女房天下 | [にょうぼうてんか, nyouboutenka] (n) husband being henpecked; house where the wife is the boss; petticoat government [Add to Longdo] |
天下の景 | [てんかのけい, tenkanokei] (n) superlative view [Add to Longdo] |
天下の勝 | [てんかのしょう, tenkanoshou] (n) beautiful scenery [Add to Longdo] |
天下の台所 | [てんかのだいどころ, tenkanodaidokoro] (n) The Nonpareil Kitchen; The Kitchen of the Nation (nickname for Osaka) [Add to Longdo] |
天下り | [あまくだり, amakudari] (n, vs) retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
天下る;天降る | [あまくだる, amakudaru] (v5r, vi) to descend from heaven [Add to Longdo] |
天下一 | [てんかいち, tenkaichi] (n) unique thing; best on earth [Add to Longdo] |
天下一品 | [てんかいっぴん, tenkaippin] (n) best article under heaven; peerless [Add to Longdo] |
天下御免;天下ご免 | [てんかごめん, tenkagomen] (n, adj-no) licensed; chartered; officially allowed; legitimate [Add to Longdo] |
天下国家 | [てんかこっか, tenkakokka] (n) the world and the nation; the state of the world; high affairs of state [Add to Longdo] |
天下取り | [てんかとり, tenkatori] (n) rule over the whole country [Add to Longdo] |
天下周知 | [てんかしゅうち, tenkashuuchi] (n) common knowledge; widely known; known to everybody [Add to Longdo] |
天下晴れて | [てんかはれて, tenkaharete] (adv) right and proper; legal [Add to Longdo] |
天下多事 | [てんかたじ, tenkataji] (n, adj-no) eventful times for the nation (world); the nation (world) being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land [Add to Longdo] |
天下太平;天下泰平 | [てんかたいへい, tenkataihei] (exp) peaceful and tranquil (uneventful); peace reigns over the land; halcyon times of peace [Add to Longdo] |
天下第一 | [てんかだいいち, tenkadaiichi] (n, adj-no) the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country [Add to Longdo] |
天下統一 | [てんかとういつ, tenkatouitsu] (n, vs) unification of the whole country [Add to Longdo] |
天下分け目 | [てんかわけめ, tenkawakeme] (n) fateful; decisive (war) [Add to Longdo] |
天下万民 | [てんかばんみん, tenkabanmin] (n) the whole nation; all the people in the land [Add to Longdo] |
天下無双 | [てんかむそう, tenkamusou] (adj-na, adj-no, n) (See 天下無敵, 天下無比) peerless; unequaled; unequalled [Add to Longdo] |
天下無敵 | [てんかむてき, tenkamuteki] (adj-na, adj-no, n) (See 天下無双, 天下無比) peerless; unequalled; unequaled [Add to Longdo] |
天下無比 | [てんかむひ, tenkamuhi] (adj-na, adj-no, n) (See 天下無双, 天下無敵) peerless; unequaled; unequalled [Add to Longdo] |
天下無類 | [てんかむるい, tenkamurui] (n, adj-no) peerless (unparalleled, matchless, unequaled) in the country [Add to Longdo] |
天上天下 | [てんじょうてんげ, tenjoutenge] (n, n-adv) the whole world; throughout heaven and earth [Add to Longdo] |
百日天下 | [ひゃくにちてんか, hyakunichitenka] (n) The Hundred Days (of Napoleon I); very short-lived regime [Add to Longdo] |
満天下 | [まんてんか, mantenka] (n) all over the world [Add to Longdo] |
嬶天下 | [かかあでんか, kakaadenka] (n) extremely overbearing wife [Add to Longdo] |