宇內

Chinese

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

Etymology

Earliest extant attestation is in Han Feizi:

道者，萬物之所以成也。……宇內之物，恃之以成。 [MSC, trad.]
道者，万物之所以成也。……宇内之物，恃之以成。 [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

Noun

宇內

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

Synonyms

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