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留名

liú míng

2-character word

What 留名 means

1. to leave one's name
2. to leave one's mark

The characters in 留名

• 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay
• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)

Example sentences

• 我要在百科全书上留名。
  I want to leave my name on the encyclopedia.
• 不留名或详细的参考什么都可以。
  Bù liú míng huò xiángxì de cānkǎo shénme dōu kěyǐ.
  Anonymity or detailed reference are both fine.
• 不留名或详细的参考什幺都可以。
  Anonymity or detailed reference are both fine.
• 问题不需要占用很多时间，也完全不要留名。
  Wèntí bù xūyào zhànyòng hěn duō shíjiān, yě wánquán bù yào liú míng.
  The questions will not take long, and everything would be kept completely anonymous.

Sounds the same

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

• 流明lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword)