天下泰平 – vocab dash

天てん下か泰たい平へい

Meanings

Noun

Na-adjective

No-adjective

1. peace throughout the world (Yojijukugo)

Na-adjective

No-adjective

Noun

2. carefree; peaceful; relaxed (Yojijukugo)

Other spellings

天てん下か太たい平へい

Kanji used

天heaven 下below 泰Thailand 平flat

Kanji in other spellings

太plump

Pitch accent

てんかたいへい

Composed of

天てん下か

the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power; having one's own way; doing as one pleases; peerless; …

Noun

泰たい平へい

peace; tranquility; tranquillity

Noun

Examples1

日本にほんは一いっ見けん天てん下か泰たい平へいだが、実じつはいろいろな根ね深ぶかい問もん題だいを抱かかえている。

Japan may appear to be peaceful and tranquil on the surface but the fact is that there are a lot of deep-rooted problems.