揚名立萬 in Chinese

IPA: /jɑŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /jœːŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹ laːp̚² maːn²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /jɑŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹/, /jœːŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹ laːp̚² maːn²²/ Chinese transliterations: yángmínglìwàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], joeng⁴ ming⁴ laap⁶ maan⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yángmínglìwàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], yángmínglìwàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], yang²-ming²-li⁴-wan⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], yáng-míng-lì-wàn [Mandarin, Yale, standard], yangminglihwann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], янминливань [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], janminlivanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], yèuhng mìhng laahp maahn [Cantonese, Yale], joeng⁴ ming⁴ laap⁹ maan⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yêng⁴ ming⁴ lab⁶ man⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 扬名立万 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: 萬 / 蔓 (wàn), whose pronunciation is the colloquial reading of 蔓, is an argot meaning "surname". (Sun, 2006; Cai and Li, 2016) Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|萬}} 萬, {{zh-ref|Sun, 2006}} Sun, 2006, {{zh-ref|Cai and Li, 2016}} Cai and Li, 2016 Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 揚名立萬

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      "zh-pron": "yèuhng mìhng laahp maahn"
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      "ipa": "/jɑŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹/"
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}

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      "zh-pron": "yángmínglìwàn"
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        "bopomofo",
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
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        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "yang²-ming²-li⁴-wan⁴"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "janminlivanʹ"
    },
    {
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        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
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    {
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "yèuhng mìhng laahp maahn"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "joeng⁴ ming⁴ laap⁹ maan⁶"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yêng⁴ ming⁴ lab⁶ man⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jœːŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹ laːp̚² maːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jœːŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹ laːp̚² maːn²²/"
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  "word": "揚名立萬"
}

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"揚名立萬" meaning in Chinese

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