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鲜为人知

xiǎn wéi rén zhī

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 鮮為人知

鲜为人知 (xiǎn wéi rén zhī) means "rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown; secret to all but a few". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 鲜为人知 means

1. rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown
2. secret to all but a few

The characters in 鲜为人知

• 鲜xiānfresh; bright (in color); delicious
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 人rénperson; people
• 知zhīto know; to be aware

Words containing 鲜为人知

• 毛泽东：鲜为人知的故事Máo Zé dōng : Xiān wéi rén zhī de Gù shiMao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 张戎

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