[ zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī ] as everyone knows; as is known to all; be universally [widely] known; every barber knows that ...; everybody knows ...; it is common knowledge that ...; it is known to all that ...; it is particularly notorious that ...: 由于众所周知的原因, 两国人民间的关系中断了20多年。 owing to the reason known to all the relations between the two peoples were suspended for over twenty years. 众所周知华侨是刻苦耐劳的。 it is generally known that the overseas chinese are a hardworking lot