| | famous / well-known | HSK 1 |
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| | to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at | HSK 2 |
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| | name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people | HSK 2 |
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| | famous / noted / well-known / celebrated | HSK 4 |
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| | well-known; famous | HSK 6 |
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| | to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration | HSK 6 |
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| | a place famous for its scenery or historical relics / scenic spot / CL: 處|处 | HSK 6 |
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| | singing star / famous singer | HSK 6 |
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| | saying / famous remark | HSK 7-9 |
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| | well-known / famous / renowned / eminent | HSK 7-9 |
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| | famous and valuable / rare / precious | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks | HSK 7-9 |
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| | world-famous (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | famous | HSK 7-9 |
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| | grand reputation / renowned / famous | HSK 7-9 |
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| | anecdote / lost or apocryphal story about famous person | |
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| | famous mountain | |
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| | to admire sb's reputation / to seek out famous person or location | |
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| | famous / of good reputation | |
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| | Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃 (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗 | |
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| | Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist | |
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| | Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker) | |
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| | to make a name / to become famous | |
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| | to make one's name; to become famous | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | excellent quality / outstanding (product) / abbr. for 名牌優質|名牌优质 / (old) famous actor or actress | |
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| | Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), famous Roman politician, orator and philosopher, murdered at the orders of Marc Anthony | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | famous doctor | |
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| | famous family / prestigious house | |
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| | famous master / great teacher | |
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| | famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo | |
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| | (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) / CL: 把 | |
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| | name of a famous Tang dynasty wine / same as 白酒 | |
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| | Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi / Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot | |
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| | famous brand / nameplate / name tag | |
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| | famous prime minister (in ancient China) / names and appearances (Buddhism) | |
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| | oft-quoted phrase; famous line | |
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| | famous general / (sports) renowned athlete | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom) / fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | (idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved | |
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| | to visit places famous for their scenery | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom); attracted to visit a famous location | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | equally famous | |
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| | world-famous | |
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| | Akihabara, region of downtown Tokyo famous for electronics stores | |
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| | signature dish / a restaurant’s most famous dish | |
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| | disciple / student (of a famous master) | |
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| | world famous | |
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| | village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by 杜牧) | |
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| | offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding / blue blood | |
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| | authentic (painting or calligraphy) / genuine work (of famous artist) | |
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| | to become famous / to become notorious | |
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| | Hai Rui (1514-1587), Ming politician, famous for honesty and integrity | |
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| | Qilin Pavilion, located in the Weiyang Palace, a hall decorated with portraits of famous officials | |
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| | Yuelu Academy in Changsha, Hunan, famous ancient academy | |
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| | Asakusa, district of Tokyo with an atmosphere of old Japan, famous for the 7th century Buddhist temple, Sensō-ji | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | name of a famous opera / (slang) to go to jail for a second offense | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors. | |
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| | Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays | |
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| | Berkeley (name) / George Berkeley (1685-1753), Bishop of Cloyne, famous British philosopher / Berkeley, university city in the San Francisco bay area, California | |
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| | 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) | |
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| | lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price | |
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| | Yandang mountains, famous scenic area in southeast Zhejiang | |
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| | famous / acclaimed | |
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| | Horqin or Xorchin, famous Mongolian archer / Horqin district or Xorchin raion of Tongliao city 通遼市|通辽市, Inner Mongolia | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | public figure / famous person | |
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| | Arirang, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty / Arirang, series of Korean earth observation space satellites | |
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| | monstre sacré (i.e. artist famous for being deliberately preposterous) | |
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| | the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom) / (fig.) nickname for a famous beauty or courtesan | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | (idiom) to be famous far and wide | |
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| | famous person | |
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| | Miluo city in Hunan / Miluo river in Hunan, famous for Dragon Boat festival | |
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| | Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains | |
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| | famous school / noted school of thought | |
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| | famous reputation | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person | |
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| | At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传 | |
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| | Qiu Jin (1875-1907), famous female martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, the subject of several books and films | |
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| | Tales of Yanzi, book describing the life and wisdom of Yanzi 晏子 (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States | |
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| | famous courtesan | |
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| | famous / prestigious | |
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| | masterpiece / famous work | |
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| | Red Hare, famous horse of the warlord Lü Bu 呂布|吕布 in the Three Kingdoms era | |
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| | famous actor or actress (Chinese opera) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price | |
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