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放之四海而皆准

fàng zhī sì hǎi ér jiē zhǔn
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Definitions

  1. 1. appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable
  2. 2. a panacea
  3. 3. applicable anywhere (idiom)

Child Words of 放之四海而皆准

之
zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

准
zhǔn

to allow

四
sì

four

放
fàng

to put

海
hǎi

ocean

皆
jiē

all

而
ér

and