所周知
suǒ zhōu zhī
Pinyin

Definition

所周知
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suǒ zhōu zhī
  1. as is well known
  2. as everyone knows

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

周
Zhōu
  1. 1 surname Zhou
  2. 2 Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
周围
zhōu wéi
  1. 1 surroundings
  2. 2 environment
  3. 3 to encompass
周边
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
所
suǒ
  1. 1 actually
  2. 2 place
  3. 3 classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
  4. 4 that which
  5. 5 particle introducing a relative clause or passive
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
所以
suǒ yǐ
  1. 1 therefore
  2. 2 as a result
  3. 3 so
  4. 4 the reason why

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)
一无所有
yī wú suǒ yǒu
  1. 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
  2. 2 without two sticks to rub together
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

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?
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