"unwarranted fame" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
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
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
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
名誉 名譽 míng yù fame / reputation / honor / honorary / emeritus (of retired professor) syn
声誉 聲譽 shēng yù reputation / fame syn
发达 發達 fā dá well-developed / flourishing / to develop / to promote / to expand / (literary) to achieve fame and fortune / to prosper syn
取名 qǔ míng to name / to be named / to christen / to seek fame syn
名气 名氣 míng qì reputation / fame 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
名利 míng lì fame and profit syn
贪图 貪圖 tān tú to covet / to seek (riches, fame) syn
猎取 獵取 liè qǔ to hunt / (fig.) to seek (fame etc)
声势 聲勢 shēng shì fame and power / prestige / influence / impetus / momentum syn
名利双收 名利雙收 míng lì shuāng shōu both fame and fortune (idiom) / both virtue and reward
威名 wēi míng fame for fighting prowess / military glory syn
妄称 妄稱 wàng chēng to make a false and unwarranted declaration
成名作 chéng míng zuò seminal work that propels a writer (or artist, composer etc) to fame
功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams) / rank / achievement / fame / glory syn
名目 míng mù name / designation / item / rubric / (formal usage) fame syn
名位 míng wèi fame and position / official rank syn
字号 字號 zì hao character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop
恬淡 tián dàn quiet and contented / indifferent to fame or gain 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
妄念 wàng niàn wild fantasy / unwarranted thought syn
wén to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at syn
实至名归 實至名歸 shí zhì míng guī fame follows merit (idiom) 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
沽名钓誉 沽名釣譽 gū míng diào yù to angle for fame (idiom) / to fish for compliments syn
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
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
妄生穿凿 妄生穿鑿 wàng shēng chuān záo a forced analogy (idiom) / to jump to an unwarranted conclusion
妄言妄听 妄言妄聽 wàng yán wàng tīng unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave (idiom) / sth not to be taken too seriously
功名利禄 功名利祿 gōng míng lì lù position and wealth (idiom) / rank, fame and fortune 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
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
烜赫一时 烜赫一時 xuǎn hè yī shí to enjoy a short-lived fame or position of power
拿着鸡毛当令箭 拿著雞毛當令箭 ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom) / to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
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)
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
名缰利锁 名韁利鎖 míng jiāng - lì suǒ (idiom) the shackles of fame and fortune syn
声名鹊起 聲名鵲起 shēng míng - què qǐ (idiom) to rise to 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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