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HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闻* | 闻* | *闻
to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at
HSK 2
scandal
HSK 7-9
to be known far and wide / to be well-known
HSK 7-9
world-famous (idiom)
HSK 7-9
well-known / famous / renowned / eminent
HSK 7-9
rumor
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unknown; unrenowned
HSK 7-9
to love to hear and see (idiom) / well received / to one's liking
top news story
illustrious and influential / well-known
China News Service (CNS), a state-owned news agency in China, focused primarily on providing news to Chinese communities outside mainland China
news media
Rodong Sinmun (Workers' news), the official newspaper of the North Korean WPK's Central Committee
to witness personally
HSK 7-9
not to hear, not to question (idiom) / to show no interest in sth / uncritical / not in the least concerned
world famous
website of China News Service 中國新聞社|中国新闻社 (chinanews.com)
spokesman
news conference
sex scandal
HSK 7-9
Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
General Administration of Press and Publication (PRC state censorship organization)
Business News / Sankei Shimbun (Tokyo daily)
ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to be famous far and wide
Nikkei Shimbun, Japanese equivalent of Financial Times
to pass into oblivion
(idiom) unheard-of; unprecedented
unheard of / an extremely rare and unprecedented event
journalist
Newsweek magazine
Newsweek magazine / also written 新聞周刊|新闻周刊
State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
the press / the media
shocking / horrifying / atrocious / terrible
HSK 7-9
to receive news (of)
to hear suddenly / to learn of sth unexpectedly
unheard of
have wide learning and a retentive memory / have encyclopedic knowledge
communication management; public relations
to listen / to hear what sb says / news one has heard
important news story / headline
Cable Network News (CNN)
State Administration for Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) (2013-2018) (abbr. to 廣電總局|广电总局)
news service / information agency
anecdote (about historical person) / lost or apocryphal story
funny news item / interesting anecdote
erudite / widely read and knowledgeable
bizarre anecdote; extraordinary piece of news
what one hears and sees (idiom)
hearsay (law)
journalism
freedom of the press
lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything / a word to the wise
outdated news / old anecdote; stories passed on from former times
don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously
it is said; it is alleged; it is reported
headline news / title story
Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
Shanghai Media Group
Vaisravana (one of the Heavenly Kings)
(idiom) dreadful to hear
press release
lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening / to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闻* | 闻* | *闻
surname Wen
scandal / gossip
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing
your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
Mainichi Shimbun, a Japanese daily newspaper
to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear / to ignore deliberately
to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
news from the grapevine
newsreader / anchor
(Buddhism) disciple
famous / of good reputation
hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news
to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
wide and knowledgeable / well-informed and experienced
what one has seen and heard / knowledge / one's experience
Cable Network News (CNN)
to have heard what was said
to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom) / to be diligent in one's studies
Hong Kong Economic Journal
Bloomberg News
news items
(idiom) to stink to high heaven / (fig.) (idiom) disgraceful; disgusting
(TCM) auscultation and smelling, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊
Wen Yiduo (1899-1946), poet and patriotic fighter, executed by Guomindang in Kunming
journalist
knowledgeable / erudite (idiom)
Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城, Shanxi
to learn sth through hearsay; to get wind of sth
famous person
sex scandal
matters (concerning a prominent family etc) intended to be kept private
newsgroup

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