Idiom: household name

Pinyin: jiā yù hù xiǎo

Explanation: Metaphor: understand; Xiao: know. Every household knows it. Describe what people know.

Source: "Book of Han·Liu Fu Biography": "It cannot be known to every household in the world." Lou Yao of the Song Dynasty "Pay Zheng Xi and others to be exempted from guilt": "There is a sudden decree of exemption from guilt, and it cannot be a family edict (metaphor) Well known to every household."

An example of a sentence: Rather than writing works of the Qin, Han and Six Dynasties that are far from popular, it would be better for the writer to write "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West" that are well-known to every household. ★Hu Shi's "Going to Liangshan"

Synonyms: known to all women and children, well known

Antonyms: unknown, unheard of