遺臭萬年

See also: 遗臭万年

Chinese

		to lose; to leave behind	sense of smell; smell bad; stench sense of smell; smell bad; stench; stink; smelly; to smell (bad)	ten thousand years; all ages; eternity
trad. (遺臭萬年)		遺	臭	萬年
simp. (遗臭万年)		遗	臭	万年
Literally: “to leave a stink for ten thousand years”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíchòuwànnián

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄔㄡˋ ㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ cau³ maan⁶ nin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíchòuwànnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄔㄡˋ ㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíchòuwànnián
    • Wade–Giles: i²-chʻou⁴-wan⁴-nien²
    • Yale: yí-chòu-wàn-nyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yichowwannnian
    • Palladius: ичоуваньнянь (ičouvanʹnjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ cau³ maan⁶ nin⁴
    • Yale: wàih chau maahn nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ tsau³ maan⁶ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ ceo³ man⁶ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰɐu̯³³ maːn²² niːn²¹/

Idiom

遺臭萬年

殺害岳飛、向金朝求和的秦檜在中國歷史上一般被視為遺臭萬年的漢奸。圖為位於杭州岳王廟的秦檜及其妻子的跪像。
(Qin Kuai, who killed Yuefei and extended an olive branch to the Jin dynasty is commonly seen as a byword of infamy and a traitor to the Chinese people. This picture shows the statue of Qin Kuai and his wife kneeling in the Hangzhou Yue Fei Temple.)

1. to go down in history as a byword of infamy

Antonyms

• 流芳百世 (liúfāng bǎishì)