周知
zhōu zhī
Pinyin

Definition

周知
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zhōu zhī
  1. well known

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhōu wéi
  1. 1 surroundings
  2. 2 environment
  3. 3 to encompass
zhōu biān
  1. 1 periphery
  2. 2 rim
  3. 3 surroundings
  4. 4 all around
  5. 5 perimeter
  6. 6 peripheral (computing)
  7. 7 spin-offs
zhī
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to be aware
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
bù wéi rén zhī
  1. 1 not known to anyone
  2. 2 secret
  3. 3 unknown
bù zhī bù jué
  1. 1 unconsciously
  2. 2 unwittingly
bù zhī suǒ cuò
  1. 1 not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end
  2. 2 embarrassed and at a complete loss
gào zhī
  1. 1 to inform
Zhōu
  1. 1 surname Zhou
  2. 2 Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
Zhōu gōng
  1. 1 Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhōu Wén wáng], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xī Zhōu], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
Zhōu yì
  1. 1 another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易經|易经[Yì jīng]
Zhōu Jié lún
  1. 1 Jay Chou (1979-), Taiwanese pop star
Zhōu Yú
  1. 1 Zhou Yu or Chou Yü (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff
  2. 2 in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang
sì zhōu
  1. 1 all around
dé zhī
  1. 1 to find out
  2. 2 to know
  3. 3 to learn about
zǎo zhī
  1. 1 foresight
  2. 2 foreknowledge
  3. 3 if one had known earlier,...
míng zhī
  1. 1 to be fully aware of
  2. 2 to know perfectly well
wèi zhī
  1. 1 unknown
wú zhī
  1. 1 ignorant
  2. 2 ignorance
zhī míng
  1. 1 well-known
  2. 2 famous

Idioms (20)

一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一望而知
yī wàng ér zhī
  1. 1 to be evident at a glance (idiom)
一无所知
yī wú suǒ zhī
  1. 1 not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant
  2. 2 without an inkling
一知半解
yī zhī bàn jiě
  1. 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
  2. 2 dilettante
  3. 3 amateur
一叶知秋
yī yè zhī qiū
  1. 1 lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend
  3. 3 a straw in the wind
不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
不知丁董
bù zhī Dīng Dǒng
  1. 1 forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom)
  2. 2 unheeding the lessons of the past
不知好歹
bù zhī hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
  2. 2 not to know what's good for one
  3. 3 unable to recognize others' good intentions
不知所措
bù zhī suǒ cuò
  1. 1 not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end
  2. 2 embarrassed and at a complete loss
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
不知轻重
bù zhī qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
  2. 2 naive
  3. 3 doesn't know who's who
  4. 4 no sense of priorities
不知进退
bù zhī jìn tuì
  1. 1 not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
他乡遇故知
tā xiāng yù gù zhī
  1. 1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
只知其一,不知其二
zhǐ zhī qí yī , bù zhī qí èr
  1. 1 to know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information
司马昭之心路人皆知
Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī
  1. 1 lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an open secret
周游列国
zhōu yóu liè guó
  1. 1 to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations
  2. 2 refers to the travels of Confucius
塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
  3. 3 also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
妇孺皆知
fù rú jiē zhī
  1. 1 understood by everyone (idiom); well known
  2. 2 a household name
察微知著
chá wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom)
  2. 2 to deduce the whole story from small traces

Sample Sentences

众所周知,您是一位大慈善家,您将自己所有的财产都捐给了慈善事业。但是最近您出版的一本新书在社会上引起了很大的反响,书名是《小顺子的忏悔录》。小顺子就是董老先生您自己对吧?
zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī ,nín shì yī wèi dà císhànjiā ,nín jiāng zìjǐ suǒyǒu de cáichǎn dōu juān gěi le císhàn shìyè 。dànshì zuìjìn nín chūbǎn de yī běn xīnshū zài shèhuì shàng yǐnqǐ le hěn dà de fǎnxiǎng ,shūmíng shì 《Xiǎoshùnzi de chànhuǐ lù 》。Xiǎoshùnzi jiùshì Dǒng lǎoxiānsheng nín zìjǐ duì ba ?
As everyone knows, you're quite the philanthropist. You gave away all of your possessions to charity. Yet, you recently published a new book that has made some really big waves throughout society. The name of the book is, 'The Confessions of Little Shun'. Little Shun is actually you, Mr. Dong, is that right?