四海皆准
sì hǎi jiē zhǔn
Pinyin

Definition

四海皆准
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sì hǎi jiē zhǔn
  1. appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable
  2. a panacea

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上海
Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
准
zhǔn
  1. 1 to allow
  2. 2 to grant
  3. 3 in accordance with
  4. 4 in the light of
四
sì
  1. 1 four
  2. 2 4
标准
biāo zhǔn
  1. 1 (an official) standard
  2. 2 norm
  3. 3 criterion
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
海
Hǎi
  1. 1 surname Hai

Idioms (20)

一着不慎，满盘皆输
yī zhāo bù shèn , mǎn pán jiē shū
  1. 1 One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
侯门似海
hóu mén sì hǎi
  1. 1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
  2. 2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
俯拾皆是
fǔ shí jiē shì
  1. 1 lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely common
  3. 3 easily available
传播四方
chuán bō sì fāng
  1. 1 to disseminate in every direction (idiom)