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Chinese
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room; universe
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inside; inner; internal inside; inner; internal; within; interior |
| trad. (宇內)
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宇
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內
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| simp. (宇内)
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宇
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内
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Etymology
Earliest extant attestation is in Han Feizi:
道者，萬物之所以成也。……宇內之物，恃之以成。 [MSC, trad.]
道者，万物之所以成也。……宇内之物，恃之以成。 [MSC, simp.]- From: Han Feizi
- Dào zhě, wànwù zhī suǒyǐ chéng yě....... Yǔnèi zhī wù, shì zhī yǐ chéng.
- Tao is the cause of the completion of everything. Thus everything in the world owes it its formation.
Pronunciation
Noun
宇內
- (literary, figurative) the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven
Synonyms
- 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 世界 (shìjiè)
- 區宇 / 区宇 (qūyǔ) (literary, figurative)
- 四國 / 四国 (sìguó) (literary)
- 四海 (sìhǎi) (literary, figurative)
- 域中 (yùzhōng) (literary)
- 天下 (tiānxià) (literary, figurative)
- 天跤下 (Hokkien, figurative)
- 薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative)