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famous / well-known
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to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at
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name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
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famous / noted / well-known / celebrated
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well-known; famous
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to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration
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a place famous for its scenery or historical relics / scenic spot / CL: 處|处
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singing star / famous singer
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saying / famous remark
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well-known / famous / renowned / eminent
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famous and valuable / rare / precious
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Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
HSK 7-9
world-famous (idiom)
HSK 7-9
famous
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grand reputation / renowned / famous
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anecdote / lost or apocryphal story about famous person
famous mountain
to admire sb's reputation / to seek out famous person or location
famous / of good reputation
Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃 (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗
Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker)
to make a name / to become famous
to make one's name; to become famous
Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff / in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮
excellent quality / outstanding (product) / abbr. for 名牌優質|名牌优质 / (old) famous actor or actress
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), famous Roman politician, orator and philosopher, murdered at the orders of Marc Anthony
Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践 of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu
famous doctor
famous family / prestigious house
famous master / great teacher
famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo
(double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) / CL:
name of a famous Tang dynasty wine / same as 白酒
Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi / Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot
famous brand / nameplate / name tag
famous prime minister (in ancient China) / names and appearances (Buddhism)
oft-quoted phrase; famous line
famous general / (sports) renowned athlete
Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period / Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school
lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom) / fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism
Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓 to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布
(idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved
to visit places famous for their scenery
Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽
to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom); attracted to visit a famous location
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
equally famous
world-famous
Akihabara, region of downtown Tokyo famous for electronics stores
signature dish / a restaurant’s most famous dish
disciple / student (of a famous master)
world famous
village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by 杜牧)
offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding / blue blood
authentic (painting or calligraphy) / genuine work (of famous artist)
to become famous / to become notorious
Hai Rui (1514-1587), Ming politician, famous for honesty and integrity
Qilin Pavilion, located in the Weiyang Palace, a hall decorated with portraits of famous officials
Yuelu Academy in Changsha, Hunan, famous ancient academy
Asakusa, district of Tokyo with an atmosphere of old Japan, famous for the 7th century Buddhist temple, Sensō-ji
Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei
name of a famous opera / (slang) to go to jail for a second offense
Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays
Berkeley (name) / George Berkeley (1685-1753), Bishop of Cloyne, famous British philosopher / Berkeley, university city in the San Francisco bay area, California
the Three Su's (famous Song dynasty writers Su Xun 蘇洵|苏洵 and his sons Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 and Su Zhe 蘇轍|苏辙)
lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price
Yandang mountains, famous scenic area in southeast Zhejiang
famous / acclaimed
Horqin or Xorchin, famous Mongolian archer / Horqin district or Xorchin raion of Tongliao city 通遼市|通辽市, Inner Mongolia
Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖 / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 魯國|鲁国 to whom the history Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传 is attributed
public figure / famous person
Arirang, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty / Arirang, series of Korean earth observation space satellites
monstre sacré (i.e. artist famous for being deliberately preposterous)
the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom) / (fig.) nickname for a famous beauty or courtesan
Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis / in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao
(idiom) to be famous far and wide
famous person
Miluo city in Hunan / Miluo river in Hunan, famous for Dragon Boat festival
Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains
famous school / noted school of thought
famous reputation
Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 / usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传
ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person
At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传
Qiu Jin (1875-1907), famous female martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, the subject of several books and films
Tales of Yanzi, book describing the life and wisdom of Yanzi 晏子 (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States
famous courtesan
famous / prestigious
masterpiece / famous work
Red Hare, famous horse of the warlord Lü Bu 呂布|吕布 in the Three Kingdoms era
famous actor or actress (Chinese opera)
Gu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋, early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明
can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
You Meng, famous court jester during the reign of King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王, known for his intelligence and sharp tongue
lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price

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