天下第一
tiān xià dì yī
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
The best in the whole world; second to none. Used as high praise for a person, place, dish or skill, sometimes with playful exaggeration.
Đứng đầu thiên hạ, không ai hay không gì sánh bằng. Dùng để hết lời khen một người, một nơi, một món ăn hay một tài nghệ, đôi khi nói quá cho vui.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): etymology of “thiên hạ đệ nhất” = 天下第一 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “thiên hạ đệ nhất” (thien-ha-de-nhat). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “天下第一” mean?
The best in the whole world; second to none. Used as high praise for a person, place, dish or skill, sometimes with playful exaggeration. Literally: number one beneath heaven
Is “天下第一” formal or informal?
天下第一 is generally neutral.