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扬名

yáng míng

2-character word Traditional 揚名

What 扬名 means

1. to become famous
2. to become notorious

The characters in 扬名

• 扬yángto raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing
• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)

Words starting with 扬名

• 扬名四海yáng míng sì hǎiknown throughout the country (idiom); world-famous

Sounds the same

Read yáng míng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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