大庭广众

大庭廣眾
dàtíngguǎngzhòng
idiom #14,970

Meanings

  1. 1 in public
  2. 2 in front of everyone
  3. 3 openly

Examples

Tā jìngrán zài dàtíngguǎngzhòng zhī xià gēn tā chǎojià.
He actually argued with her in front of everyone.
Nǐ bú yào zài dàtíngguǎngzhòng zhī xià shuō zhè zhǒng huà.
Don't say things like that in public.

Tips

grammar
Almost always used in the pattern 大庭广众之下 (in front of everyone). The 之下 is essential and rarely omitted.
memory
(big) (courtyard) 广 (broad) (crowd) — picture a 'big courtyard with a broad crowd' watching you.

Stroke Order

tíng
广 guǎng
zhòng