"(formal usage) fame" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
名目 míng mù name / designation / item / rubric / (formal usage) fame syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
好容易 hǎo róng yì (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy syn
约定俗成 約定俗成 yuē dìng sú chéng established by popular usage (idiom) / common usage agreement / customary convention syn
违利赴名 違利赴名 wéi lì fù míng to renounce profit and seek fame (idiom) / to abandon greed for reputation / to choose fame over fortune
争名夺利 爭名奪利 zhēng míng duó lì to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom) / scrambling for fame and wealth / only interested in personal gain
照准 照準 zhào zhǔn request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun) syn
一众 一眾 yī zhòng a group of people / a whole group (esp. in formal or journalistic usage)
声请 聲請 shēng qǐng to make a formal request / formal request / to make a claim (law)
常用 cháng yòng in common usage
业绩 業績 yè jì achievement / accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc) / results syn
用法 yòng fǎ usage
武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
使用权 使用權 shǐ yòng quán usage rights
用量 yòng liàng quantity used / usage / consumption / dose
西服 xī fú suit / Western-style clothes (historical usage) syn
小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn
沿用 yán yòng to continue to use (old methods) / to apply as before / according to usage syn
用词 用詞 yòng cí usage (of a term) / wording / phrasing
使用率 usage factor
员外 員外 yuán wài landlord (old usage) syn
个体户 個體戶 gè tǐ hù self-employed / a private firm (PRC usage) syn
使用量 shǐ yòng liàng volume of use / usage amount
惯用语 慣用語 guàn yòng yǔ commonly used phrase / idiom / colloquial usage
全球变暖 全球變暖 quán qiú biàn nuǎn global warming (PRC usage) / written 全球暖化 in Taiwan
不标准 不標準 bù biāo zhǔn nonstandard / incorrect / (of one's speech) poor / woeful (not in keeping with correct pronunciation or usage)
使用数量 使用數量 shǐ yòng shù liàng usage (i.e. extent of use)
全球暖化 quán qiú nuǎn huà global warming (Taiwan and Hong Kong usage) / written 全球變暖|全球变暖 in PRC
国务总理 國務總理 guó wù zǒng lǐ minister of state (old usage)
国务长官 國務長官 guó wù zhǎng guān secretary of state (esp. historical, or Japanese or Korean usage)
嫠节 嫠節 lí jié chastity of a widow (old usage)
孀闺 孀閨 shuāng guī a widow's chamber (old usage)
心影儿 心影兒 xīn yǐng ér (Taiwan usage) child in need of help (orphaned, abandoned, abused etc)
戴奥辛 戴奧辛 dài ào xīn dioxin, carcinogenic heterocyclic hydrocarbon (esp. Taiwan usage)
未冠 wèi guān minor (old usage, person under 20)
未成冠 wèi chéng guān minor (old usage, person under 20)
正用 zhèng yòng correct usage
相沿成习 相沿成習 xiāng yán chéng xí well established / accepted as a result of long usage syn
雪柜 雪櫃 xuě guì icebox / refrigerator (Hong Kong usage)
韩半岛 韓半島 hán bàn dǎo Korean peninsula (esp. South Korean usage)
鼓箧 鼓篋 gǔ qiè beginning-school ceremony (old usage) / classical learning
吃到饱 吃到飽 chī dào bǎo (Tw) all-you-can-eat (food) / (fig.) unlimited usage (digital services etc)
国际数字保密商务通用法 General Usage for International Digitally Ensured Commerce
国家频谱使用表 國家頻譜使用表 national spectrum usage table
使用报告 使用報告 usage report
核可的特派团因数 核可的特派團因數 mission-approved factor / mission-related factor / mission usage factor / mission factor
特派团使用因数 特派團使用因數 mission-approved factor / mission-related factor / mission usage factor / mission factor
错峰 錯峰 cuò fēng to stagger usage to ameliorate peak load
活学活用 活學活用 huó xué huó yòng to creatively combine learning with usage / to learn and apply pragmatically
欧巴 歐巴 ōu bā (female usage) older brother (loanword from Korean "oppa") / male friend
欧尼 歐尼 ōu ní (female usage) older sister (loanword from Korean "eonni")
BM B M Brandy Melville, fashion brand known for clothes targeted at very slim young women / (generic usage) fashions for petite young women
伪命题 偽命題 wěi mìng tí false proposition / fundamentally flawed notion / (in popular usage, can also refer to anything based on a flawed notion, such as a false dichotomy or a question that starts with a false premise)
省流 shěng liú to conserve mobile data / to minimize mobile data usage (abbr. for 省流量[sheng3 liu2 liang4])
发达 發達 fā dá well-developed / flourishing / to develop / to promote / to expand / (literary) to achieve fame and fortune / to prosper syn
名誉 名譽 míng yù fame / reputation / honor / honorary / emeritus (of retired professor) syn
声誉 聲譽 shēng yù reputation / fame syn
字号 字號 zì hao character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop
名气 名氣 míng qì reputation / fame syn
取名 qǔ míng to name / to be named / to christen / to seek fame syn
声势 聲勢 shēng shì fame and power / prestige / influence / impetus / momentum syn
名利 míng lì fame and profit syn
功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams) / rank / achievement / fame / glory syn
贪图 貪圖 tān tú to covet / to seek (riches, fame) syn
威名 wēi míng fame for fighting prowess / military glory syn
恬淡 tián dàn quiet and contented / indifferent to fame or gain syn
出风头 出風頭 chū fēng tou to push oneself forward / to seek fame / to be in the limelight / same as 出鋒頭|出锋头[chu1 feng1 tou5] syn
看淡 kàn dàn to regard as unimportant / to be indifferent to (fame, wealth etc) / (of an economy or a market) to slacken
远扬 遠揚 yuǎn yáng (fame) spreads far and wide
名利双收 名利雙收 míng lì shuāng shōu both fame and fortune (idiom) / both virtue and reward
成名作 chéng míng zuò seminal work that propels a writer (or artist, composer etc) to fame
猎取 獵取 liè qǔ to hunt / (fig.) to seek (fame etc)
名位 míng wèi fame and position / official rank syn
wén to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at syn
功名利禄 功名利祿 gōng míng lì lù position and wealth (idiom) / rank, fame and fortune syn
名噪一时 名噪一時 míng zào yī shí to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom) / temporary or local celebrity syn
名缰利锁 名韁利鎖 míng jiāng lì suǒ lit. fettered by fame and locked up by riches (idiom) / tied down by reputation and wealth / the victim of one's own success syn
徒有虚名 徒有虛名 tú yǒu xū míng with an undeserved reputation (idiom) / unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be syn
沽名钓誉 沽名釣譽 gū míng diào yù to angle for fame (idiom) / to fish for compliments syn
人怕出名猪怕壮 人怕出名豬怕壯 rén pà chū míng zhū pà zhuàng lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price
实至名归 實至名歸 shí zhì míng guī fame follows merit (idiom) syn
烜赫一时 烜赫一時 xuǎn hè yī shí to enjoy a short-lived fame or position of power
chī to spread (fame) / wield (pen)
人怕出名,猪怕壮 人怕出名,豬怕壯 rén pà chū míng , zhū pà zhuàng Man should fear fame as pigs fear fattening (idiom).
叫响 叫響 jiào xiǎng to gain fame and success
名儿 名兒 míng r name / fame
名驰遐迩 名馳遐邇 míng chí xiá ěr To have one's fame spread far and wide. (idiom)
徒有其名 tú yǒu qí míng with an undeserved reputation (idiom) / unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
擅美 shàn měi to enjoy fame without sharing it / to take the credit
敝屣尊荣 敝屣尊榮 bì xǐ zūn róng to care nothing for worldly fame and glory (idiom)
浮利 fú lì mere worldly, superficial gain, such as wealth and fame
淡泊名利 dàn bó míng lì not caring about fame and fortune (idiom) / indifferent to worldly rewards syn
虚誉 虛譽 xū yù imaginary reputation / empty fame
隽誉 雋譽 jùn yù high fame
高名 gāo míng renown / fame
人怕出名猪怕肥 人怕出名豬怕肥 rén pà chū míng zhū pà féi lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price
出锋头 出鋒頭 chū fēng tou to push oneself forward / to seek fame / to be in the limelight
声名大噪 聲名大噪 shēng míng dà zào to rise to fame
驰骛 馳騖 chí wù to move swiftly / to speed / to run after (empty fame, power, money etc)
名人堂 míng rén táng Hall of Fame
名气 名氣 míng qi reputation / fame syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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