宇內

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Chinese

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room; universe
inside; inner; internal
inside; inner; internal; within; interior
 
trad. (宇內)
simp. (宇内)

Etymology

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Earliest extant attestation is in Han Feizi:

萬物所以。……宇內 [MSC, trad.]
万物所以。……宇内 [MSC, simp.]
From: Han Feizi
Dào zhě, wànwù zhī suǒyǐ chéng yě....... Yǔnèi zhī wù, shì zhī yǐ chéng. [Pinyin]
Tao is the cause of the completion of everything. [...] Thus everything in the world owes it its formation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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宇內

  1. (literary, figurative) the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven

Synonyms

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