shì jiè wén míngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
world famous
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Original source entry:

世界聞名 世界闻名 [shi4 jie4 wen2 ming2] /world famous/

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Other forms in these source records: 世界聞名

  • 世
    shì

    life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble

    Shì

    surname Shi

  • 界
    jiè

    (bound form) boundary / border / (bound form) realm

  • 闻
    wén

    to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at

    Wén

    surname Wen

  • 名
    míng

    name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people

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