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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 臭名远扬

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
臭名远扬 chòu míng yuǎn yáng - stinking reputation
- notorious far and wide

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 31,902 78,946 63,764

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chòu- stench
- smelly
- to smell (bad)
- repulsive
- loathsome
- terrible
- bad
- severely
- ruthlessly
- dud (ammunition)
xiù- sense of smell
- smell bad
míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people
yuǎn- far
- distant
- remote
- (intensifier in a comparison) by far
- much (lower etc)
yuàn- to distance oneself from (classical)
yáng- abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2zhou1] in Jiangsu
- surname Yang
yáng- to raise
- to hoist
- the action of tossing or winnowing
- scattering (in the wind)
- to flutter
- to propagate
yáng- variant of 揚|扬[yang2]

Other Words Containing 臭名远扬

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
臭名远扬 - - 31,902 78,946 63,764