| 天下乌鸦一般黑 |
tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi |
all crows are black (idiom) / evil people are bad all over the world |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 天下 |
tiān xià |
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule |
| 下 |
xià |
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action |
| 乌 |
Wū |
abbr. for country names that begin with 乌: Ukraine 乌克兰, Uzbekistan 乌兹别克斯坦 etc / surname Wu |
| 乌 |
wū |
crow / black |
| 乌 |
wù |
used in 乌拉 / used in 乌拉草 |
| 乌鸦 |
wū yā |
crow / raven |
| 鸦 |
yā |
crow |
| 鸦 |
yā |
variant of 鸦 |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 一般 |
yī bān |
same / ordinary / so-so / common / general / generally / in general |
| 般 |
bān |
sort / kind / class / way / manner |
| 般 |
bō |
used in 般若 |
| 般 |
pán |
see 般乐 |
| 黑 |
Hēi |
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 |
| 黑 |
hēi |
black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing) |