公诸于众 (gōng zhū yú zhòng) — to make public; to disclose to the public

Definition

Formal idiom meaning to make something known to everyone publicly — stronger than 公布, with a sense of revealing what was previously hidden or secret.

idiom

to make publicto disclose to the public

公诸于众。
Diào chá jié guǒ hěn kuài huì gōng zhū yú zhòng.
The investigation results will soon be made public.
公诸于众。
Gōng sī jué dìng bǎ cái wù bào gào gōng zhū yú zhòng.
The company decided to disclose the financial report to the public.
公诸于众。
Zhè ge mì mì zuì zhōng bèi gōng zhū yú zhòng le.
This secret was eventually made public.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

One theory sees 公 as a picture of a wide-mouthed, round-bottomed jar.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 諸; 诸 is its simplified writing.

言者諸

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

者

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 諸 pairs 言 (speech) with 者; 者 gives the sound.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The old shape of 于 may have pictured an ancient wind instrument. Another explanation reads 一 as a flat stream of air and 丂 as an exhaling mark.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 眾; 众 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 眾 shows three people under a sun-like shape, meaning a crowd gathered under the sun; the simplified 众 is a later shorthand.

Appears in