举世瞩目 jǔshì-zhǔmù to receive worldwide attention
How to remember 举世瞩目: 举 lift + 世 world + 瞩 to focus on + 目 eye = to receive worldwide attention.
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How it is used
- 'The whole world is watching' - for events/achievements of global importance: 举世瞩目的成就 (jǔshì-zhǔmù de chéngjiù) a world-renowned achievement.
- Formal, laudatory, common in news and speeches; 瞩目 (to fix one's eyes on) makes it stronger than 有名 (yǒumíng, famous).
- Note 瞩 reads zhǔ here, not zhù.