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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