當眾

简 当众 · 繁 當眾
Mandarin · pinyin dāng zhòng

Meanings

  1. in public
  2. in front of everybody
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當
dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just
眾
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当
dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just
众
zhòng · multitude, crowd; masses, public
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1–4 · dang1 zhong4

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adv

  1. in public

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