公之于众

公

go̅ng

之

zhi̅

于

於

yú

众

眾

zhòng

to make known to the masses (idiom); to publicize widely / to let the world know

Characters and words in 公之于众

公

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)

公 = 八 + 厶 : Mnemonic symbol from 公交车: a (magic) bus.

公 = 八 + 厶 : Gitta Giraffe has to deliver 100 eight balls to engine driving a magic bus. She is driving in front of the engine and because the load is so heavy, she is driving very slowly. Additionally, she tried to decrease the wind resistance by installing a large fake nose at the front of the bus.

之

zhi̅ = zh + Ø1

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

之 = 丶 + Z : Mnemonic symbol: Sooo sleepy... "zZz" (the character looks like a "Z"). James II of England (zh) fell asleep in front of the space station (Ø1). He sleeps on a big petal leaf (丶), making loud "zZz" (之) sounds.

于

yú = yu + Ø2

surname Yu

于

yú = yu + Ø2

to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于[yu2]

于

於

yú = yu + Ø2

in / at / to / from / by / than / out of

于 = 亅 + 二 : Mnemonic symbol: prepositions are what glue the sentence together. Honey is as sticky as glue, so I'll represent 于 by a honey jar.

Yu the Great was assigned to repair the electrics of the space station's entrance, but instead she was snacking some honey from a honey jar. Now her capacitor got stuck in the honey and she has to use a crowbar to lever it out.

于

於

yú = yu + Ø2

(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by

众

眾

zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4

abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives

众 = 人 + 从 : Neanderthal Man and Julian Giant Squid are helplessly watching engine's bathroom being flooded by a crowd of rubber chicken.

众

眾

zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4

many / numerous / crowd / multitude

众 = 人 + 从 : Neanderthal Man and Julian Giant Squid are helplessly watching engine's bathroom being flooded by a crowd of rubber chicken.

众

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