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"legendary reputation" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
英名 yīng míng illustrious name / legendary reputation syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
声 聲 shēng sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds syn
荣誉 榮譽 róng yù honor / credit / glory / (honorable) reputation / honorary syn
罪名 zuì míng charge / accusation / stigma / bad name / stained reputation syn
传奇 傳奇 chuán qí legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
名声 名聲 míng shēng reputation syn
名誉 名譽 míng yù fame / reputation / honor / honorary / emeritus (of retired professor) syn
风声 風聲 fēng shēng sound of the wind / rumor / talk / news / reputation syn
扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low syn
声誉 聲譽 shēng yù reputation / fame syn
招牌 zhāo pai signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business syn
名气 名氣 míng qì reputation / fame syn
书名 書名 shū míng name of a book / reputation as calligrapher
天皇 tiān huáng Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] / emperor / emperor of Japan syn
信誉 信譽 xìn yù prestige / distinction / reputation / trust syn
声名 聲名 shēng míng reputation / declaration syn
知名度 zhī míng dù reputation / profile / familiarity in the public consciousness syn
化妆师 化妝師 huà zhuāng shī make-up artist / (fig.) spin doctor / reputation manager
大名鼎鼎 dà míng dǐng dǐng grand reputation / renowned / famous syn
默默无闻 默默無聞 mò mò wú wén obscure and unknown (idiom) / an outsider without any reputation / a nobody / an unknown quantity syn
摇钱树 搖錢樹 yáo qián shù legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money syn
洗刷 xǐ shuā to wipe clean / to scrub / (fig.) to get rid of (a bad reputation, a misconception etc) syn
恶名 惡名 è míng bad name / evil reputation syn
威信 wēi xìn prestige / reputation / trust / credit with the people syn
盛名 shèng míng famous reputation syn
明月 míng yuè bright moon / refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark / CL:輪|轮[lun2] syn
老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk syn
口碑 kǒu bēi public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom syn
身败名裂 身敗名裂 shēn bài míng liè to lose one's standing / to have one's reputation swept away / a complete defeat and fall from grace syn
名号 名號 míng hào name / title / good reputation syn
灵药 靈藥 líng yào legendary magic potion of immortals / panacea / fig. wonder solution to a problem
西施 xī shī Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu syn
流芳百世 liú fāng bǎi shì (of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom) / to leave a mark for generations to come syn
虚名 虛名 xū míng false reputation syn
美名 měi míng good name / good reputation syn
花木兰 花木蘭 huā mù lán Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
德高望重 dé gāo wàng zhòng a person of virtue and prestige / a person of good moral standing and reputation syn
水仙 shuǐ xiān narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return
平反 píng fǎn to redress (an injustice) / to rehabilitate (sb whose reputation was unjustly sullied) syn
名节 名節 míng jié reputation and integrity syn
美誉 美譽 měi yù good name / good reputation syn
如雷贯耳 如雷貫耳 rú léi guàn ěr lit. like thunder piercing the ear / a well-known reputation (idiom) syn
老字号 老字號 lǎo zì hào shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
蛟龙 蛟龍 jiāo lóng legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods syn
慕名 mù míng to admire sb's reputation / to seek out famous person or location syn
鲁班 魯班 lǔ bān Lu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry
玉兔 yù tù the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon) / the Moon syn
身量 shēn liang height (of a person) / stature / (fig.) reputation / standing syn
有口皆碑 yǒu kǒu jiē bēi every voice gives praise (idiom) / with an extensive public reputation syn
王昭君 wáng zhāo jūn Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3]
字号 字號 zì hao character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop
书香 書香 shū xiāng literary reputation
大鹏 大鵬 dà péng legendary giant bird
荣辱 榮辱 róng rǔ honor and disgrace / reputation syn
流芳 liú fāng to leave a good reputation
蚩尤 chī yóu Chiyou, legendary tribal leader who was defeated and killed by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]
神农 神農 shén nóng Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture
伏羲 fú xī Fuxi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing
盛誉 盛譽 shèng yù flourishing reputation syn
传奇人物 傳奇人物 chuán qí rén wù legendary person / legend (i.e. person)
自毁 自毀 zì huǐ to destroy one's (reputation etc) / (of a device etc) to self-destruct
炎帝 yán dì Flame Emperors (c. 2000 BC), legendary dynasty descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
貂蝉 貂蟬 diāo chán Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4]
洞府 dòng fǔ cave dwelling / legendary abode of immortals
商誉 商譽 shāng yù (commerce) prestige / reputation / (accounting) goodwill
名闻 名聞 míng wén famous / of good reputation
三皇 sān huáng the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren 燧人[Sui4 ren2], Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] and Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2], or 天皇|天皇[Tian1 huang2], 地皇|地皇[Di4 huang2] and 人皇|人皇[Ren2 huang2] syn
九头鸟 九頭鳥 jiǔ tóu niǎo legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person
五帝 wǔ dì the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2] and Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4] syn
刘伯温 劉伯溫 liú bó wēn Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], with a reputation as a military genius, also called Liu Ji 劉基|刘基[Liu2 Ji1]
仓颉 倉頡 cāng jié Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing / (computing) Cangjie input method
杜康 dù kāng Du Kang, legendary inventor of wine
四大美女 sì dà měi nǚ the four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施[Xi1 shi1], Wang Zhaojun 王昭君[Wang2 Zhao1 jun1], Diaochan 貂蟬|貂蝉[Diao1 Chan2] and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环[Yang2 Yu4 huan2]
颛顼 顓頊 zhuān xū Zhuanxu, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], trad. reigned 2513-2435 BC
神农氏 神農氏 shén nóng shì Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China / followers or clan of Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2]
彭祖 péng zǔ Peng Zu (legendary figure of Taoism who lived 800 years)
虚有其表 虛有其表 xū yǒu qí biǎo looks impressive but is worthless (idiom) / not as good as it looks / a reputation with no substance syn
书经 書經 shū jīng the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1], a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经[Shang4 shu1 jing1], 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], 書|书[Shu1]
闻 聞 wén to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at syn
声名狼藉 聲名狼藉 shēng míng láng jí to have a bad reputation syn
蛊 蠱 gǔ arch. legendary venomous insect / to poison / to bewitch / to drive to insanity / to harm by witchcraft / intestinal parasite
名不虚传 名不虛傳 míng bù xū chuán (idiom) to live up to one's famous name / its reputation is well deserved syn
誉 譽 yù to praise / to acclaim / reputation syn
名垂青史 míng chuí qīng shǐ lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom) / fig. achievements will earn eternal glory syn
臭名远扬 臭名遠揚 chòu míng yuǎn yáng stinking reputation / notorious far and wide syn
尧 堯 yáo surname Yao / Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝[Wu3 Di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
鸩 鴆 zhèn legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison / poisonous / to poison sb syn
蛟 jiāo a legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods / see also 蛟龍|蛟龙[jiao1 long2] syn
骊 驪 lí black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon
吒 zhā used for the sound "zha" in the names of certain legendary figures (e.g. 哪吒[Ne2 zha1]) / Taiwan pr. [zha4] syn
鲲 鯤 kūn fry (newly hatched fish) / legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2]
污名 wū míng bad reputation / stigma
山魈 shān xiāo mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) / legendary mountain spirit syn
禺 yù legendary monkey of ancient China
狈 狽 bèi a legendary wolf / distressed / wretched
娲 媧 wā surname Wa / sister of legendary emperor Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2xi1]
羿 yì surname Yi / name of a legendary archer (also called 后羿[Hou4 Yi4]) syn
喾 嚳 kù one of the five legendary emperors, also called 高辛氏[Gao1 xin1 shi4]
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
慕名而来 慕名而來 mù míng ér lái to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom) / attracted to visit a famous location 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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