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名噪一时

míng zào yī shí

4-character word Traditional 名噪一時

What 名噪一时 means

1. to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom); temporary or local celebrity

The characters in 名噪一时

• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 噪zào(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp; (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 时shío'clock; time; when