大庭广众

大庭廣眾

dàtíng-guǎngzhòng

idiom #14,970

Meanings

他竟然在大庭广众之下跟她吵架。

Tā jìngrán zài dàtíngguǎngzhòng zhīxià gēn tā chǎojià.

He actually argued with her in front of everyone.

你不要在大庭广众之下说这种话。

Nǐ búyào zài dàtíngguǎngzhòng zhīxià shuō zhèzhǒng huà.

Don't say things like that in public.

grammar

Almost always used in the pattern 在大庭广众之下 (in front of everyone). The 之下 is essential and rarely omitted.

memory

大 (big) 庭 (courtyard) 广 (broad) 众 (crowd) — picture a 'big courtyard with a broad crowd' watching you.

大 dà

庭 tíng

广 guǎng

众 zhòng