What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 天下 mean?

天下 tiānxià

land under heaven; the whole world; China

It can also mean

  • rule; domination (as in 打天下)

Its characters

  1. 天 tiān sky
  2. 下 xià down

In a sentence

天下没有免费的午餐。 There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

那时候管理天下的是尧,他急得吃不下饭,睡不着觉。

From 后羿射日 · Hou Yi shoots the nine suns

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