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家喻户晓

jiā yù hù xiǎo

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 家喻戶曉

家喻户晓 (jiā yù hù xiǎo) means "understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 家喻户晓 means

1. understood by everyone (idiom); well known
2. a household name

The characters in 家喻户晓

• 家jiāused in 家伙
• 喻yùto describe sth as; an analogy; a simile
• 户hùa household; door; family
• 晓xiǎodawn; daybreak; to know

Where 家喻户晓 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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