名譽掃地

名
名
誉
譽
扫
掃
地
地
to be thoroughly discredited / to fall into disrepute

Characters and words in 名譽掃地

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.
名
名
誉
譽
fame / reputation / honor / honorary / emeritus (of retired professor)
誉
譽
yù = yu + Ø4
to praise / to acclaim / reputation
誉 = 兴 + 言 : Yu the Great (yu) wants to increase the star fish' (兴) reputation (誉). In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she is announcing surprising facts about star fish with a megaphone (言).
扫
掃
sǎo = s + ao3
to sweep
扫 = 彐 + 扌 : Socrates (s) is sweeping the aorta (ao3) using a broom (扫). There are big pig snouts (彐) lying around on the floor which he picks up using a toy claw (扌) because they are too big to sweep (扫).
扫
掃
sào = s + ao4
broom
扫
掃
地
地
to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low
地
de = d + e5
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
地
dì = di + Ø4
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]
地 = 也 + 土 : Dorothy Gale (di) hates the cleanliness of the space station, so she used an excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to dig a pile of dirt (土) out of the ground (地) for a mud bath.

Words with 名譽掃地

名譽掃地 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 名譽掃地

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