当 dāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- ⺌ — small
- Made of
- ⺌ small 彐 snout
当众
dāngzhòng
in public; in front of everyone
Characters in this word
众 zhòng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他没有当众反驳上司，而是在会后提交了详细的书面意见。 Tā méiyǒu dāngzhòng fǎnbó shàngsi, ér shì zài huì hòu tíjiāo le xiángxì de shūmiàn yìjiàn. He did not contradict his superior in public, but submitted detailed written comments after the meeting.
- 他当众向老师道了歉，大家都很佩服他。 Tā dāngzhòng xiàng lǎoshī dào le qiàn, dàjiā dōu hěn pèifú tā. He apologised to the teacher in front of everyone, and everyone admired him.
- 当众唱歌让她紧张得脸都红了。 Dāngzhòng chànggē ràng tā jǐnzhāng de liǎn dōu hóng le. Singing in front of everyone made her so nervous that her face turned red.
Related words
- 当 dāng to work as; to be
- 当时 dāngshí at that time
- 当初 dāngchū at first; back then
- 当地 dāngdì local
- 当然 dāngrán of course
- 当中 dāngzhōng among; in the middle of
- 相当 xiāngdāng quite; fairly
- 应当 yīngdāng should; ought to
- 不敢当 bùgǎndāng I do not deserve it (modest reply)
- 当场 dāngchǎng on the spot; immediately
- 当代 dāngdài modern; contemporary
- 当年 dāngnián back then