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Pronunciation
Idiom
天下太平
- peace reigns under heaven; the world or the country is at peace
君子力此二者以南面而立，夫是以天下太平也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Jūnzǐ lì cǐ èrzhě yǐ nánmiàn ér lì, fú shì yǐ tiānxià tàipíng yě.
- The ruler who vigorously pursues these two things may well stand with his face to the south, for thus will great peace and order be secured all under heaven.
有人說，已經沒有了，天下太平了，可以把枕頭塞得高高地睡覺了。這是不合事實的。 [MSC, trad.]
有人说，已经没有了，天下太平了，可以把枕头塞得高高地睡觉了。这是不合事实的。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Yǒurén shuō, yǐjīng méiyǒu le, tiānxiàtàipíng le, kěyǐ bǎ zhěntou sāi de gāogāo de shuìjiào le. Zhè shì bùhé shìshí de.
- Some people say that there aren't any more left and all is well and that we can therefore lay our heads on our pillows and just drop off to sleep. But this is not the way things are.
Noun
天下太平
- a children's game, played using pen and paper (clarification of this definition is needed)