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臭名昭著

chòu míng zhāo zhù

4-character word

What 臭名昭著 means

1. notorious
2. infamous
3. egregious (bandits)

The characters in 臭名昭著

• 臭chòustench; smelly; to smell (bad)
• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 昭zhāobright; clear; manifest
• 著zhùto make known; to show; to prove

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