遗臭万年 — Chinese idiom
遗臭万年
yí chòu wàn nián
Traditional: 遺臭萬年
Meaning
- to have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy
Character by character
- 遗yíto lose; a lost article
- 臭chòuto reek, to smell, to stink
- 万wànten thousand; innumerable
- 年niányear; anniversary; a person's age
Idioms sharing a character
- 不遗余力 bù yí yú lì
- 千古遗恨 qiān gǔ yí hèn
- 拾遗补缺 shí yí bǔ quē
- 沧海遗珠 cāng hǎi yí zhū
- 纤悉无遗 xiān xī wú yí
- 路不拾遗 lù bù shí yí
- 道不拾遗 dào bù shí yí
- 养痈遗患 yǎng yōng yí huàn
- 养虎遗患 yǎng hǔ yí huàn
- 乳臭未干 rǔ xiù wèi gān
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