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臭名远扬

chòu míng yuǎn yángdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
stinking reputation / notorious far and wide
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-50452131192aa7c7. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

臭名遠揚 臭名远扬 [chou4 ming2 yuan3 yang2] /stinking reputation/notorious far and wide/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 臭名遠揚

  • 臭
    chòu

    stench / smelly / to smell (bad) / repulsive / loathsome / terrible / bad / severely / ruthlessly / dud (ammunition)

    xiù

    sense of smell / smell bad

  • 名
    míng

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

  • 远
    yuǎn

    far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)

    yuàn

    to distance oneself from (classical)

  • 扬
    yáng

    to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate

    Yáng

    abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yáng zhōu] in Jiangsu / surname Yang

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.