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普天之下

Mandarin · pinyin pǔ tiān zhī xià

(idiom) all under heaven; in the whole world; throughout the world

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普: pǔ · universal, general, widespread
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
下: xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down

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3–1–1–4 · pu3 tian1 zhi1 xia4

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(idiomatic) all over the world

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