bàn dân thiên hạ
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- 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.)
- Everyone, everywhere
- nói cho bàn dân thiên hạ biếtto speak for everyone to hear
- đi khắp bàn dân thiên hạto go everywhere