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天下烏鴉一般黑
简 天下乌鸦一般黑 · 繁 天下烏鴉一般黑Mandarin · pinyin tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi
Meanings
- all crows are black (idiom)
- evil people are bad all over the world
Characters in this entry
- 天
- tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
- 下
- xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
- 烏
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- 鴉
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- 一
- yī · one; a, an; alone
- 般
- bān · sort, manner, kind, category
- 黑
- hēi · black; dark; evil, sinister; Kangxi radical 203
- 乌
- wū · crow, rook, raven; black, dark
- 鸦
- yā · crow; Corvus species (various)
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Mandarin tones
1–4–1–1–1–1–1 · tian1 xia4 wu1 ya1 yi1 ban1 hei1
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proverb
- bad people or things are similar everywhere
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