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家喻户晓

jiā yù hù xiǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
understood by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

家喻戶曉 家喻户晓 [jia1 yu4 hu4 xiao3] /understood by everyone (idiom); well known/a household name/

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Other forms in these source records: 家喻戶曉

  • 家
    jiā

    used in 傢伙|家伙[jiā huo] and 傢俱|家俱[jiā jù] / home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[gè]

  • 喻
    yù

    to describe sth as / an analogy / a simile / a metaphor / an allegory

    Yù

    surname Yu

  • 户
    hù

    a household / door / family

  • 晓
    xiǎo

    dawn / daybreak / to know / to let sb know / to make explicit

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.