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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闻* | 闻* | *闻
to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *声* | 声* | *声
sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds
HSK 5
fame / reputation / honor / honorary / emeritus (of retired professor)
HSK 6
signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business
HSK 7-9
public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom
HSK 7-9
prestige / reputation / trust / credit with the people
HSK 7-9
grand reputation / renowned / famous
HSK 7-9
prestige / distinction / reputation / trust
HSK 7-9
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
HSK 7-9
reputation
HSK 7-9
honor / credit / glory / (honorable) reputation / honorary
HSK 7-9
reputation / fame
HSK 7-9
character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *誉* | 誉* | *誉
to praise / to acclaim / reputation
malicious abuse / lewd song / evil reputation
bad name / evil reputation
lit. like thunder piercing the ear / a well-known reputation (idiom)
charge; accusation / stigma; bad name; stained reputation
reputation; fame
to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low
(commerce) prestige; reputation / (accounting) goodwill
literary reputation
sound of the wind / rumor / talk / news / reputation
with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
honor and disgrace / reputation
family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
reputation
(idiom) a person of virtue and prestige; a person of good moral standing and reputation
flourishing reputation
good name; good reputation
to leave a good reputation
to lose one's standing / to have one's reputation swept away / a complete defeat and fall from grace
false reputation
name of a book / reputation as calligrapher
(idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved
to have a bad reputation
capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk
illustrious name / legendary reputation
bad reputation / stigma
reputation / declaration
every voice gives praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
looks impressive but is worthless (idiom) / not as good as it looks / a reputation with no substance
height (of a person); stature / (fig.) reputation; standing
noisy / of high reputation / intricate
lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
(of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom) / to leave a mark for generations to come
reputation and integrity
to lose every scrap of reputation
lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom) / fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用|卢藏用, who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)
with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
reputation
(neologism c. 2020) (of a celebrity) to have one's reputation tank due to a scandal
to challenge an established martial arts school to a fight (to prove one's skills or gain reputation) / (fig.) to prove oneself by competing against those already established in a particular field
make-up artist / (fig.) spin doctor; reputation manager
Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫|刘伯温 (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius
to pay for sth with the loss of (one's health etc) / to have sth come at the cost of (one's reputation etc)
good name / reputation
vacuous reputation / name without substance / in name only / so-called
to enjoy a reputation
to spread one's reputation
Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius, also called Liu Ji 劉基|刘基
(of a business operator) to inflate one's reputation by dishonest means (e.g. posting fake reviews)
(literary) spotless reputation
to destroy one's (reputation etc) / (of a device etc) to self-destruct
to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom); attracted to visit a famous location
the name does not correspond to reality (idiom); it doesn't live up to its reputation
reputation
reputation / profile / familiarity in the public consciousness
(of a performer) to put on a show at an outdoor venue (temple fair, marketplace etc) / (fig.) to enhance sb's reputation / to make a name for oneself
knowing sb by their reputation can't compare to meeting them in person (idiom)
to suffer losses; to lose (some of one's reputation, one's fleet, one's staff etc)
good fortune and reputation
honorable reputation
lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom) / fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation / to want to have one's cake and eat it too
widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
famous / of good reputation
name; title / good reputation
of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
to redress (an injustice); to rehabilitate (sb whose reputation was unjustly sullied)
to possess an undeserved reputation (idiom)
(idiom) to cherish one's reputation
to admire sb's reputation / to seek out famous person or location
to wipe clean / to scrub / (fig.) to get rid of (a bad reputation, a misconception etc)
to have an undeserved reputation (idiom)
a good reputation to last down the generations
a good reputation to last a hundred generations
famous reputation
good name; good reputation
stinking reputation / notorious far and wide
imaginary reputation / empty fame
to renounce profit and seek fame (idiom); to abandon greed for reputation / to choose fame over fortune


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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