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放之四海而皆准

fàng zhī sì hǎi ér jiē zhǔn

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 放之四海而皆准

ocean

four

all

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

and

to allow

to put