毁誉参半 — Chinese idiom
毁誉参半
huǐ yù cān bàn
Traditional: 毀譽參半
Meaning
- to receive both praise and criticism; to get mixed reviews
Character by character
- 毁huǐto damage, to ruin; to defame, to slander
- 誉yùfame, reputation; to praise
- 参cānto take part in, to intervene; ginseng
- 半bànhalf; semi-, incomplete
Idioms sharing a character
- 哀毁骨立 āi huǐ gǔ lì
- 毁家纾难 huǐ jiā shū nàn
- 毁于一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn
- 交口称誉 jiāo kǒu chēng yù
- 沽名钓誉 gū míng diào yù
- 参差不齐 cēn cī bù qí
- 参差错落 cēn cī cuò luò
- 一官半职 yī guān bàn zhí
- 一时半刻 yī shí bàn kè
- 一男半女 yī nán bàn nǚ
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