# 普天同庆

pǔ tiān tóng qìng

Celebrate on a very broad scale

## Meaning & wording

**Literally:** All beneath heaven celebrate together

**Traditional Chinese:** 普天同慶

**Register:** Celebratory · literary

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## When to use it

Describe widespread public rejoicing.

Grand and conventional; rarely literally every person agrees.

## Understanding the expression

All the space beneath heaven becomes one imagined celebration. The expression describes large-scale public rejoicing, often around a national occasion or widely shared achievement. It can also appear as deliberate exaggeration in festive announcements. The scale is the main effect. Real societies contain different views, so the phrase should not be treated as statistical proof of universal happiness. A sentence can celebrate broad participation without claiming that every individual feels exactly the same.

## Examples

节日到来，各地普天同庆。

### Traditional Chinese

節日到來，各地普天同慶。

jié rì dào lái ， gè dì pǔ tiān tóng qìng 。

Communities everywhere celebrate the festival.

夺冠消息传来，球迷仿佛普天同庆。

### Traditional Chinese

奪冠消息傳來，球迷彷彿普天同慶。

duó guàn xiāo xī chuán lái ， qiú mí fǎng fú pǔ tiān tóng qìng 。

Fans celebrated the championship as though the whole world rejoiced.

广场挂起普天同庆的横幅。

### Traditional Chinese

廣場掛起普天同慶的橫幅。

guǎng chǎng guà qǐ pǔ tiān tóng qìng de héng fú 。

The square displayed banners celebrating widespread rejoicing.

这场庆典营造出普天同庆的气氛。

### Traditional Chinese

這場慶典營造出普天同慶的氣氛。

zhè chǎng qìng diǎn yíng zào chū pǔ tiān tóng qìng de qì fēn 。

The event created an atmosphere of broad celebration.

## Sources & reference checks

Original explanations and examples from Chinese Idioms Almanac. Source-checked October 6, 2026.

- [CC-CEDICT · forms & pronunciation](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdqb=%E6%99%AE%E5%A4%A9%E5%90%8C%E6%85%B6)

- [Ministry of Education · 成語典](https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/idiomView.jsp?ID=573&webMd=1&la=0)

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