户告人晓

戶告人曉
hùgàorénxiǎo
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to make known to every household
  2. 2 to spread the word far and wide
  3. 3 to publicize widely

Examples

Zhè jiàn shì bùbiàn hùgàorénxiǎo, qǐng nǐ dīdiào chǔlǐ.
This matter shouldn't be broadcast to everyone — please handle it discreetly.
Xīn zhèngcè xūyào hùgàorénxiǎo, ràng bǎixìng dōu míngbai.
The new policy needs to be made known to every household so ordinary people understand it.

Tips

history
From 《·》 (Han-era Biographies of Exemplary Women), where the speaker rhetorically asks whether her family's affairs could really be told to every house and known to every person — meaning some things cannot be publicly justified.
register
Literary. Modern equivalents include 家喻户晓 (jiāyù hùxiǎo, known by every family), which is more common in everyday writing.

Stroke Order

gào
rén
xiǎo