普天之下 — Chinese idiom
普天之下
pǔ tiān zhī xià
Meaning
- all under heaven; in the whole world; throughout the world
Character by character
- 普pǔwidespread, universal, general
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
Idioms sharing a character
- 普度众生 pǔ dù zhòng shēng
- 普济众生 pǔ jì zhòng shēng
- 阳光普照 yáng guāng pǔ zhào
- 一柱擎天 yī zhù qíng tiān
- 一步登天 yī bù dēng tiān
- 三天两头 sān tiān liǎng tóu
- 上天入地 shàng tiān rù dì
- 不共戴天 bù gòng dài tiān
- 不啻天渊 bù chì tiān yuān
- 不见天日 bù jiàn tiān rì
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