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惡名昭彰

简恶名昭彰 · 繁惡名昭彰

Mandarin · pinyin è míng zhāo zhāng

infamous
notorious

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名: míng · name, rank, title, position
昭: zhāo · bright, luminous; illustrious
彰: zhāng · clear, manifest, obvious
恶: è · evil, wicked, bad, foul

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4–2–1–1 · e4 ming2 zhao1 zhang1

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ok3 ming4 ciu1 zoeng1

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(idiomatic) notorious, criminals doing all kinds of crimes and make their conducts well known

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