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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at
HSK 2
(idiom) unknown; unrenowned
HSK 7-9
news conference
rumor
HSK 7-9
shocking / horrifying / atrocious / terrible
HSK 7-9
journalist
to receive news (of)
to respond instantly / to act at once on hearing the news
lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything / a word to the wise
world famous
scandal
HSK 7-9
to be known far and wide / to be well-known
HSK 7-9
China News Service (CNS), a state-owned news agency in China, focused primarily on providing news to Chinese communities outside mainland China
well-known / famous / renowned / eminent
HSK 7-9
newsgroup
ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded
HSK 7-9
freedom of the press
it is said; it is alleged; it is reported
I'd like to hear the details
to witness personally
HSK 7-9
news agency
spokesman
newsreader / anchor
unheard of
to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
world-famous (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to pass into oblivion
(idiom) to be famous far and wide
(idiom) unheard-of; unprecedented
your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
Newsweek magazine
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
to love to hear and see (idiom) / well received / to one's liking
to pay no attention to outside matters
(idiom) dreadful to hear
the press / the media
famous / of good reputation
news media
Rodong Sinmun (Workers' news), the official newspaper of the North Korean WPK's Central Committee
journalism
hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news
news service / information agency
State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
Cable Network News (CNN)
to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom) / to be diligent in one's studies
important news story / headline
funny news item / interesting anecdote
website of China News Service 中國新聞社|中国新闻社 (chinanews.com)
Cable Network News (CNN)
to listen / to hear what sb says / news one has heard
Mainichi Shimbun, a Japanese daily newspaper
General Administration of Press and Publication (PRC state censorship organization)
journalist
Newsweek magazine / also written 新聞周刊|新闻周刊
to hear of / to hear about
outdated news / old anecdote; stories passed on from former times
news from the grapevine
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing
famous person
to smell / to sniff sth out / to perceive by smelling
knowing sb by their reputation can't compare to meeting them in person (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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surname Wen
not to hear, not to question (idiom) / to show no interest in sth / uncritical / not in the least concerned
to hear suddenly / to learn of sth unexpectedly
have wide learning and a retentive memory / have encyclopedic knowledge
Hong Kong Economic Journal
erudite / widely read and knowledgeable
lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening / to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
unheard of / an extremely rare and unprecedented event
to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
top news story
what one hears and sees (idiom)
information services department
hearsay (law)
learned and erudite / knowledgeable and experienced
Bloomberg News
world-famous
press release
sex scandal
obituary
never before in the whole of history (idiom) / unprecedented / also written 曠古未有|旷古未有
Wen Yiduo (1899-1946), poet and patriotic fighter, executed by Guomindang in Kunming
scandal / gossip
Nikkei Shimbun, Japanese equivalent of Financial Times
bizarre anecdote; extraordinary piece of news
Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
heard / what one hears
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
unpleasant smell / stink
communication management; public relations
Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城, Shanxi
to smell / to hear / knowledge / information
to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear / to ignore deliberately
to be known to everyone
to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
Xuwen, a county in Zhanjiang City 湛江市, Guangdong

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