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  1. publicly known (to be)
  2. accepted (as)

Characters

  • 公 (公): 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)
  • 认 (認): to recognize; to know; to admit

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Examples

他的技術是公認的。

现在中国公认的标准旗袍的现代版本是首先在上海发展起来的。

鲸是被公认为最大的哺乳动物。

中国的医疗改革,公认是失败的。

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