一匡天下

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	correct	under heaven; the world; everything under the sky under heaven; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven
simp. and trad. (一匡天下)		一	匡	天下

Etymology

From the Analects:

管仲相桓公，霸諸侯，一匡天下，民到于今受其賜。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

管仲相桓公，霸诸侯，一匡天下，民到于今受其赐。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Guǎn Zhòng xiàng Huán Gōng, bà zhūhóu, yīkuāngtiānxià, mín dào yújīn shòu qí cì. [Pinyin]

Guan Zhong acted as prime minister to the duke Huan, made him leader of all the princes, and united and rectified the whole kingdom. Down to the present day, the people enjoy the gifts which he conferred.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīkuāngtiānxià

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄎㄨㄤㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīkuāngtiānxià [Phonetic: yìkuāngtiānxià]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄎㄨㄤㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yikuangtiansià
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-kʻuang¹-tʻien¹-hsia⁴
  - Yale: yī-kwāng-tyān-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ikuangtianshiah
  - Palladius: икуантянься (ikuantjanʹsja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ kʰwɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰjɛn⁵⁵ ɕjä⁵¹/

Idiom

一匡天下

to unify China and pacify the country

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