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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 遗 | yí | - (bound form) to leave behind |
| 臭 | chòu | - stench - smelly - to smell (bad) - repulsive - loathsome - terrible - bad - severely - ruthlessly - dud (ammunition) |
| 臭 | xiù | - sense of smell - smell bad |
| 万 | mò | - used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2] |
| 万 | wàn | - surname Wan |
| 万 | wàn | - ten thousand - a great number |
| 年 | nián | - surname Nian |
| 年 | nián | - year - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 年 | 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 |