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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *聞* | 聞* | *聞
to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at
HSK 2
HSK 2
scandal
HSK 7-9
rumor
HSK 7-9
well-known / famous / renowned / eminent
HSK 7-9
shocking / horrifying / atrocious / terrible
HSK 7-9
world-famous (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to be known far and wide / to be well-known
HSK 7-9
ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded
HSK 7-9
to witness personally
HSK 7-9
sex scandal
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *聞* | 聞* | *聞
surname Wen
famous / of good reputation
Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
press release
important news story / headline
to smell / to sniff sth out / to perceive by smelling
to listen / to hear what sb says / news one has heard
Xuwen county in Zhanjiang 湛江, Guangdong
your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
unpleasant smell / stink
what one has seen and heard / knowledge / one's experience
journalist
news conference
unheard of / an extremely rare and unprecedented event
to love to hear and see (idiom) / well received / to one's liking
world-famous
funny news item / interesting anecdote
not to hear, not to question (idiom) / to show no interest in sth / uncritical / not in the least concerned
what one hears and sees (idiom)
to smell / to hear / knowledge / information
(idiom) unknown; unrenowned
to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
to receive news (of)
to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
to hear suddenly / to learn of sth unexpectedly
to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
media gossip / sensational news
the press / the media
to stink to high heaven / (fig.) disgraceful; disgusting
so I have heard (idiom) / the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Ananda (Buddhism)
(Buddhism) disciple
sex scandal
obituary
to pay no attention to outside matters
Xuwen county in Zhanjiang 湛江, Guangdong
bizarre anecdote; extraordinary piece of news
to hear of / to hear about
to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom) / to be diligent in one's studies
have wide learning and a retentive memory / have encyclopedic knowledge
(idiom) unheard-of; unprecedented
hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news
to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear / to ignore deliberately
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing
illustrious and influential / well-known
lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything / a word to the wise
erudite / widely read and knowledgeable
(TCM) auscultation and smelling, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊
(idiom) to be famous far and wide
knowing sb by their reputation can't compare to meeting them in person (idiom)
famous person
to respond instantly / to act at once on hearing the news
newsgroup
Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城, Shanxi
to hear (about sth)
Business News / Sankei Shimbun (Tokyo daily)
Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城, Shanxi
to pass into oblivion
Newsweek magazine
anecdote / apocryphal story
journalism
learned and erudite / knowledgeable and experienced
to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
(idiom) dreadful to hear
news items
oddity / news tidbits / strange and interesting item
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 have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening / to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
to learn sth through hearsay; to get wind of sth
seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others
variant of 軼聞|轶闻
wide and knowledgeable / well-informed and experienced
journalist
it is said; it is alleged; it is reported
Hong Kong Economic Journal
top news story
newsreader / anchor
news media
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
news agency
website of China News Service 中國新聞社|中国新闻社 (chinanews.com)
to be known to everyone
I'd like to hear the details
Nikkei Shimbun, Japanese equivalent of Financial Times
Rodong Sinmun (Workers' news), the official newspaper of the North Korean WPK's Central Committee
Newsweek magazine / also written 新聞周刊|新闻周刊
Bloomberg News

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