天下乌鸦一般黑

Traditional: 天下烏鴉一般黑

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Dictionary entry

all crows are black (idiom)

What does 天下乌鸦一般黑 mean?

天下乌鸦一般黑 (tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi) has the following dictionary meaning.

1all crows are black (idiom)

2evil people are bad all over the world

Character breakdown

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天tiānday · sky 下xiàdown · downwards 乌Wūabbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌[wu1]: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2], Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦[Wu1 zi1 bie2 ke4 si1 tan3] etc · surname Wu 鸦yācrow 一yīone · single 般bānsort · kind 黑Hēishort name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]

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天下乌鸦一般黑

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