举世

舉世
jǔshì
adverb #31,574

Meanings

  1. 1 throughout the world
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 world-(famous, ranking, etc.)

Examples

Wànlǐ Chángchéng jǔshì wénmíng.
The Great Wall is famous throughout the world.
Zhè shì yī xiàng jǔshì zhǔmù de chéngjiù.
This is an achievement that the whole world is watching.

Tips

usage
举世 is bookish and almost always functions as an adverbial premodifier in fixed four-character patterns: 举世闻名 (world-famous), 举世瞩目 (world-watched), 举世无双 (without equal in the world), 举世罕见 (rarely seen anywhere in the world). Don't try it as a free-standing word.
memory
Literally "raise / lift the world" — but here means "the whole / all" (as in "the whole country"). Mnemonic: "hoist up the entire world" → "the world over."

Stroke Order

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