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家喻户晓

家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo

家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiāyùhùxiǎo | jia1 yu4 hu4 xiao3
English translation
understood by everyone (idiom); well known
a household name

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Traditional form

家喻戶曉

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ
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Come for Peace. Stay for Wisdom.

Etymology of 家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo .

jiā

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. gài represents the meaning and shǐ represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

shǐ

Semantic compound

gài

Positional decomposition

宀豕

Number of Strokes

10

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

kǒu

Positional decomposition

口俞

Number of Strokes

12

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Simplified form of . Pictograph of a door, taken from the left half of mén .

Positional decomposition

丶尸

Number of Strokes

4

xiǎo

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and yáo represents the sound. Simplified form of xiǎo .

Phonetic compound

yáo

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

日尧

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo

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富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín fàng 风筝 fēng zhēng de 故事 gùshì 已经 yǐjīng 家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo .

The story of Franklin's kite is known everywhere.

如果 rúguǒ 电台 diàntái 司令 sīlìng 乐队 yuè duì de 每首歌 dōu xiàng 这首这么 zhè me bàng 的话 de huà 很快便会家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo le

If every tune from Radiohead is as good as this one is, it can't be long before they are household names.

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Once upon a time, a Little Boy was living in a village near the woods. One day, a Dragon came out of the cave secluded in the middle of the forest and began to relentlessly follow the Little Boy, always breathing on the back of his neck, burning the young boy at his slightest misstep.

The child received refuge in an old Temple where there were no mirrors allowed, and it was forbidden to speak of life before entering the sanctum. Ancient books, hidden rooms with unimaginable treasures and beauty beyond comprehension, became part of the boy’s new life.

Time went by until, one day, the now old young boy accidentally glimpses his own reflection in a pond. The Dragon smiled back.

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