放之四海而皆準 fàng zhī sì hǎi ér jiē zhǔn

DEFINITIONS

  1. appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable
  2. a panacea
  3. applicable anywhere (idiom)

CHARACTERS

放 fàng
HSK 3
put, release, free, liberate
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
四 sì
HSK 1
four
海 hǎi
HSK 4
sea, ocean; maritime
而 ér
HSK 3
and; and then; and yet; but
皆 jiē
HSK 6
all, every, everybody
準 zhǔn rule, guideline, standard