放之四海而皆准
Traditional form:
放之四海而皆准
Pinyin (reading):
fàngzhīsìhǎi'érjiēzhǔn
Definitions:
- appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable
- a panacea
Characters:
- 放 - to release, to liberate, to free
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 四 - four
- 海 - sea, ocean; maritime
- 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
- 皆 - all, every, everybody
- 准 - standard, accurate; to permit, to approve, to allow
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