司空见惯

司空見慣
sīkōng-jiànguàn
idiom HSK 7-9 #24,612

Meanings

  1. 1 commonplace
  2. 2 nothing out of the ordinary
  3. 3 to be accustomed to seeing

Characters

司空 was an ancient official title. The idiom means something so common that even a high official is used to seeing it.

Examples

HSK 3
Zhèzhǒng shìqing duì tā láishuō zǎojiù sīkōng-jiànguàn le.
This kind of thing is old hat to him.
HSK 4
Dǔchē zài dàchéngshì yǐjīng sīkōng-jiànguàn le.
Traffic jams are already commonplace in big cities.

Tips

history
司空 was a high-ranking official title in ancient China. The idiom originates from a Tang Dynasty story where the poet 刘禹锡 used it to describe a scene so common that even the 司空 was used to it.

Stroke Order

kōng
jiàn
guàn