众所周知 — Chinese idiom
众所周知
zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī
Traditional: 眾所周知
Meaning
- as everyone knows
Character by character
- 众zhòngmultitude, crowd; masses, public
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particle introduc
- 周zhōuZhou dynasty; circumference
- 知zhīto know, to perceive, to comprehend
Idioms sharing a character
- 不孚众望 bù fú zhòng wàng
- 不负众望 bù fù zhòng wàng
- 人多势众 rén duō shì zhòng
- 公之于众 gōng zhī yú zhòng
- 力排众议 lì pái zhòng yì
- 劳师动众 láo shī dòng zhòng
- 大庭广众 dà tíng guǎng zhòng
- 妖言惑众 yāo yán huò zhòng
- 寡不敌众 guǎ bù dí zhòng
- 左道惑众 zuǒ dào huò zhòng
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