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天下乌鸦一般黑
天下乌鸦一般黑
天下乌鸦一般黑
天下乌鸦一般黑
天下乌鸦一般黑
天下乌鸦一般黑
天下乌鸦一般黑
天下乌鸦一般黑

天下乌鸦一般黑 — “All crows under heaven are equally black”

天下乌鸦一般黑 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Evil or negative traits and systems are fundamentally the same everywhere, regardless of location or circumstance; all oppressors are equally bad”. Literally, “All crows under heaven are equally black”.

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天下乌鸦一般黑 Pronunciation and Pinyin

天下乌鸦一般黑 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
天		tiān4sky, heaven, day, nature
下		xià3below, down, next, to descend
乌		wū4crow, black, nothing, alas
鸦		yā9crow or raven
一		yī1one, a, single, whole
般		bān10kind, sort, like
黑		hēi12black, dark, evil

Example Sentence with 天下乌鸦一般黑

他本以为换个地方工作环境就会好，结果发现哪里的管理层都差不多，真是天下乌鸦一般黑啊。
He had hoped that changing workplaces would improve the environment, but he found that management everywhere was pretty much the same; it's truly a case of 'all crows under heaven are equally black'.

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Questions about 天下乌鸦一般黑

What does 天下乌鸦一般黑 mean?

天下乌鸦一般黑 (tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Evil or negative traits and systems are fundamentally the same everywhere, regardless of location or circumstance; all oppressors are equally bad”.

How do you pronounce 天下乌鸦一般黑?

天下乌鸦一般黑 is pronounced tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi in Mandarin Chinese.

What does 天下乌鸦一般黑 literally mean?

Literally, 天下乌鸦一般黑 means “All crows under heaven are equally black”. It is used to mean “Evil or negative traits and systems are fundamentally the same everywhere, regardless of location or circumstance; all oppressors are equally bad”.

What is the Chinese definition of 天下乌鸦一般黑?

比喻不管哪个地方的剥削者压迫者都是一样的坏。