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We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「貽臭萬年」, explained below.

Introducing the idiom 「貽臭萬年」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

It means that the infamy will last forever.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yí chòu wàn nián

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yi4 chau3 maan6 nin4

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