Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT De keizer is ver weg - boek met wilde avonturen in China


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land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
world famous
the whole country in rebellion
first under heaven / number one in the country
The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business / not allow anyone else to have a look in
to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹
to pacify the country
to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
to make everyone's lives better
to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom)
all good things must come to an end (idiom)
all crows are black (idiom) / evil people are bad all over the world
lit. there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom) / fig. persistence will overcome
to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself
(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country
to sweep away evil / to purge (the world of crime)
throughout the world
to be the most ridiculous thing in the world (idiom)
a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)


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