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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 遗臭万年

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
遗臭万年 yí chòu wàn nián - to have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy (idiom)

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
- - 32,273 69,756 41,609

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- (bound form) to leave behind
chòu- stench
- smelly
- to smell (bad)
- repulsive
- loathsome
- terrible
- bad
- severely
- ruthlessly
- dud (ammunition)
xiù- sense of smell
- smell bad
- used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]
wàn- surname Wan
wàn- ten thousand
- a great number
nián- surname Nian
nián- year
- CL:個|个[ge4]
nián- grain
- harvest (old)
- variant of 年[nian2]

Other Words Containing 遗臭万年

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
遗臭万年 - - 32,273 69,756 41,609