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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闻* | 闻* | *闻
to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at
HSK 2
HSK 2
sex scandal
HSK 7-9
rumor
HSK 7-9
well-known / famous / renowned / eminent
HSK 7-9
scandal
HSK 7-9
shocking / horrifying / atrocious / terrible
HSK 7-9
world-famous (idiom)
HSK 7-9
ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded
HSK 7-9
to witness personally
HSK 7-9
to be known far and wide / to be well-known
HSK 7-9
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  *闻* | 闻* | *闻
surname Wen
freedom of the press
China News Service (CNS), a state-owned news agency in China, focused primarily on providing news to Chinese communities outside mainland China
famous person
important news story / headline
to smell / to sniff sth out / to perceive by smelling
what one hears and sees (idiom)
outdated news / old anecdote; stories passed on from former times
bizarre anecdote; extraordinary piece of news
to listen / to hear what sb says / news one has heard
funny news item / interesting anecdote
to love to hear and see (idiom) / well received / to one's liking
unpleasant smell / stink
to learn sth through hearsay; to get wind of sth
Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城, Shanxi
Wen Yiduo (1899-1946), poet and patriotic fighter, executed by Guomindang in Kunming
to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom) / to be diligent in one's studies
not to hear, not to question (idiom) / to show no interest in sth / uncritical / not in the least concerned
what one has seen and heard / knowledge / one's experience
hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news
to hear of / to hear about
world-famous
(idiom) to be famous far and wide
unheard of / an extremely rare and unprecedented event
(idiom) unknown; unrenowned
anecdote / apocryphal story
to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
(Buddhism) disciple
to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
obituary
matters (concerning a prominent family etc) intended to be kept private
to respond instantly / to act at once on hearing the news
to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear / to ignore deliberately
erudite / widely read and knowledgeable
to stink to high heaven / (fig.) disgraceful; disgusting
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
your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
to hear (about sth)
oddity / news tidbits / strange and interesting item
to have heard what was said
to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
have wide learning and a retentive memory / have encyclopedic knowledge
unheard of
to pass into oblivion
variant of 軼聞|轶闻
to identify by smell / to detect a scent / to sniff out
newsreader / anchor
news items
news media
(TCM) auscultation and smelling, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊
website of China News Service 中國新聞社|中国新闻社 (chinanews.com)
news agency
heard / what one hears
media gossip / sensational news
scandal / gossip
journalist
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing
Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
General Administration of Press and Publication (PRC state censorship organization)
journalist
Mainichi Shimbun, a Japanese daily newspaper
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
to pay no attention to outside matters
Rodong Sinmun (Workers' news), the official newspaper of the North Korean WPK's Central Committee
world famous
Xuwen county in Zhanjiang 湛江, Guangdong
newsgroup
Nikkei Shimbun, Japanese equivalent of Financial Times
(idiom) dreadful to hear
lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything / a word to the wise
to hear suddenly / to learn of sth unexpectedly
heard from time to time / one keeps hearing that...
Xuwen county in Zhanjiang 湛江, Guangdong
it is said; it is alleged; it is reported
spokesman
news service / information agency
sex scandal
Cable Network News (CNN)
hearsay (law)
learned and erudite / knowledgeable and experienced
Newsweek magazine
Newsweek magazine / also written 新聞周刊|新闻周刊
knowing sb by their reputation can't compare to meeting them in person (idiom)
Bloomberg News
information services department
journalism

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