臭名遠揚

stinking reputation / notorious far and wide

Characters and words in 臭名遠揚

stench / smelly / to smell (bad) / repulsive / loathsome / terrible / bad / severely / ruthlessly / dud (ammunition)

臭 = 犬 + 自 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) has not showered for days and is very stinky (臭). In the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) the Saint Bernard dog (犬) even holds a mirror (自) in front of him to let him see how filthy he looks.

臭

xiù = xi + ou4

sense of smell / smell bad

名

míng = mi + (e)ng2

name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people

名 = 口 + 夕 : Mnemonic symbol: a name badge (from 名牌).

Marilyn Monroe (mi) prepared a mandarin (口) for her bat (夕) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and put her little darling's name badge (名) in front of it.

远

遠

yuǎn = yu + an3

far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc)

远 = 元 + 辶 : In anthill Yu the Great spent already hundreds of coins on a claw crane, because she wants these gladiator sandals so badly. She tries again and again, but she always moves the claw too far.

远

遠

yuàn = yu + an4

to distance oneself from (classical)

远

遠

yuǎn

扬

揚

yáng

(fame) spreads far and wide

扬

揚

yáng = y + ang2

abbr. for 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] / surname Yang

扬

揚

yáng = y + ang2

to raise / to hoist / the action of tossing or winnowing / scattering (in the wind) / to flutter / to propagate

扬 = 𠃓 + 扌 : At the end of the day, Maud Younger (y) hoists (扬) a red lantern to show the visitors of the anglepod that the kitchen (ang2) is closed. Half the way up though the lantern gets stuck, so Maud Younger has to put on her Icarus' wings (𠃓), fly to the lantern and free it using a toy claw (扌).

Words with 臭名遠揚

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Sentences with 臭名遠揚

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