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- to seize power
- to conquer the world
- to establish and expand a business
- to carve out a career for oneself
Trad. 名滿天下
- (idiom) famous throughout the land; renowned far and wide
- (idiom) to work for the common good beyond one's own interests
Trad. 兼濟天下
- (idiom) to make everyone's lives better
Trad. 掃除天下
- (idiom) to re-establish order throughout the empire
- to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business
- not allow anyone else to have a look in
- to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
Trad. 天下大勢
- the overall state of affairs in the world (esp. in political or historical terms); the prevailing trend across the nation or empire
- the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
- first under heaven
- number one in the country
Trad. 唯恐天下不亂
- to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom)
- to be the most ridiculous thing in the world (idiom)
Trad. 冒天下之大不韙
- see 冒大不韙|冒大不韪[mao4 da4 bu4 wei3]
Trad. 挾天子以令天下
- (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country
Trad. 天下烏鴉一般黑
- all crows are black (idiom)
- evil people are bad all over the world
Trad. 天下興亡，匹夫有責
- The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
Trad. 天下沒有不散的宴席
- 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]
Trad. 天下沒有不散的筵席
- all good things must come to an end (idiom)