人所共知
rén suǒ gòng zhī
Pinyin
Definition
人所共知
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- something that everybody knows
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一望而知
- 1 to be evident at a glance (idiom)
一无所有
- 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
- 2 without two sticks to rub together
一无所知
- 1 not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant
- 2 without an inkling