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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to witness personally
HSK 7-9
shocking / horrifying / atrocious / terrible
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unknown; unrenowned
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
sex scandal
HSK 7-9
bizarre anecdote; extraordinary piece of news
(idiom) dreadful to hear
to have heard what was said
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *聞* | 聞* | *聞
surname Wen
erudite / widely read and knowledgeable
to hear of / to hear about
information services department
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
news conference
so I have heard (idiom) / the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Ananda (Buddhism)
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
unheard of / an extremely rare and unprecedented event
world-famous
funny news item / interesting anecdote
what one hears and sees (idiom)
to smell / to hear / knowledge / information
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
media gossip / sensational news
the press / the media
(idiom) to stink to high heaven / (fig.) (idiom) disgraceful; disgusting
(Buddhism) disciple
sex scandal
obituary
to pay no attention to outside matters
Xuwen county in Zhanjiang 湛江, Guangdong
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
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
(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
learned and erudite / knowledgeable and experienced
to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
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
Vaisravana (one of the Heavenly Kings)
Hong Kong Economic Journal
to love to hear and see (idiom) / well received / to one's liking
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
matters (concerning a prominent family etc) intended to be kept private
heard from time to time / one keeps hearing that...
unheard of
Shanghai Media Group
not to hear, not to question (idiom) / to show no interest in sth / uncritical / not in the least concerned

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