Definition

1. Noun Phrase:
   • Everyone, everywhere; the common people of the world; the general populace: A Vietnamese idiom referring collectively to all ordinary people, the masses, or the public in general. It emphasizes the broad, inclusive scope of "everyone under heaven" or "people everywhere."

Usage Examples

• Noun Phrase:
  • Chuyện đó bàn dân thiên hạ đều biết. (That matter is known by everyone, everywhere.)
  • Anh ấy muốn nói cho bàn dân thiên hạ biết sự thật. (He wants to tell the truth for everyone to hear.)
  • Cô ấy đã đi khắp bàn dân thiên hạ để tìm hiểu. (She went everywhere among the people to learn.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used in informal or semi-formal contexts to make a general statement about public knowledge, opinion, or presence.
• It can carry a slightly rhetorical or emphatic tone, underscoring the universality of an action or piece of information.

Variants and Related Words

• Thiên hạ (n): The world; people; everyone. A shorter, more common form with a similar meaning.
  • Thiên hạ đều nói về chuyện đó. (Everyone is talking about that.)
• Công chúng (n): The public; the audience. A more formal term.
• Mọi người (pron): Everyone; everybody. A simple, direct equivalent.

Synonyms

• Mọi người: Everyone, everybody.
• Thiên hạ: The world; people.
• Công chúng: The public.

Related Idioms

• Khắp thiên hạ: All over the world; everywhere.
  • Tin đồn lan khắp thiên hạ. (The rumor spread everywhere.)
• Tiếng lành đồn xa, tiếng dữ đồn xa bàn dân thiên hạ: Good news and bad news both travel far and wide among the people. (A proverb about the speed of gossip.)

1. Everyone, everywhere
   • nói cho bàn dân thiên hạ biết
     to speak for everyone to hear
   • đi khắp bàn dân thiên hạ
     to go everywhere