大千世界 dà qiān shì jiè

DEFINITIONS

  1. great wide world
  2. marvelously diverse world
  3. (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4])

CHARACTERS

大 dà big, great, vast, large, high
千 qiān thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
世 shì generation; world; era
界 jiè boundary, limit; domain; society; the world