名人
míng rén
Pinyin

Definition

名人
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míng rén
  1. personage
  2. celebrity

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
名
míng
  1. 1 name
  2. 2 noun (part of speech)
  3. 3 place (e.g. among winners)
  4. 4 famous
  5. 5 classifier for people
女人
nǚ rén
  1. 1 woman

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)

Sample Sentences

嗨！大家好！小刘我前阵子身体不太舒服，还好买到这台长生佛生机精华萃取机，我手上这台萃取机获得世界发明大奖，经过无数名人试用，叫好又叫座，有了它，可以做菜、做汤、做豆浆；给您做牛、做马、做苦力，小至豆苗、大至胡桃，没有它切不开、磨不碎的。
hāi ！dàjiā hǎo ！Xiǎo Liú wǒ qiánzhènzi shēntǐ bùtài shūfu ，hái hǎo mǎidào zhè tái chángshēngfó shēngjī jīnghuá cuìqǔ jī ，wǒ shǒushang zhè tái cuìqǔ jī huòdé shìjiè fāmíng dàjiǎng ，jīngguò wúshù míngrén shìyòng ，jiàohǎo yòu jiàozuò ，yǒu le tā ，kěyǐ zuòcài 、zuò tāng 、zuò dòujiāng ；gěi nín zuòniú 、zuòmǎ 、zuò kǔlì ，xiǎo zhì dòumiáo 、dà zhì hútáo ，méiyǒu tā qiē bù kāi 、mó bù suì de 。
Hi Everyone! I haven’t been feeling all that great recently, but luckily I managed to get my hands on the Immortal Buddha Vital Essence Extractor. This extractor has won global invention prizes and been tried out by countless celebrities. Its quality is reflected in its incredible sales. With it you can create dishes, make soup, make soybean milk; it can be your ox and your workhorse, it can do all the hard work. There's nothing it can't break open or grind up, from as small as bean sprout to as large as a walnut.
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我觉得中国的名人都很好看。
wǒ juéde Zhōngguó de míngrén dōu hěn hǎokàn 。
I think Chinese celebrities are all good-looking.
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那么，你说说看，为什么我要当网络达人，而不是影视名人呢？
nàme ，nǐ shuō shuō kàn ，wèishénme wǒ yào dāng wǎngluòdárén ，ér bu shì yǐngshì míngrén ne ？
B: Hmm, so tell me, why do you think I'm an internet fashion icon and not a movie or television star?
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冰桶挑战”为什么要责难名人？
bīngtǒngtiǎozhàn ”wèishénme yào zénàn míngrén ？
Why blame celebrities for the "bucket challenge"?
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那你家出过名人吗？
nà nǐ jiā chū guo míngrén ma ？
Then is there anyone famous in your family?
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他是魏晋时的名人，成天喝得醉醺醺的，是正宗的酒鬼。
tā shì Wèijìn shí de míngrén ，chéngtiān hē de zuìxūnxūn de ，shì zhèngzōng de jiǔguǐ 。
He's a famous person from the Wei-Jin Period who was drunk all day long. He's a traditional alcoholic.
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还有很多名人也建立了基金会。
háiyǒu hěn duō míngrén yě jiànlì le jījīnhuì 。
A lot of famous people have also set up foundations.
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不过李白游山玩水是有目的的，是为了结交名人权贵，希望有人向皇帝引荐他。李白的志气可不是成为大诗人，他是想一下子从平民成为良相。
bùguò Lǐ Bái yóushānwánshuǐ shì yǒu mùdì de ，shì wèile jiéjiāo míngrén quánguì ，xīwàng yǒurén xiàng huángdì yǐnjiàn tā 。Lǐ Bái de zhìqì kěbushì chéngwéi dà shīrén ，tā shì xiǎng yīxiàzi cóng píngmín chéngwéi liángxiàng 。
However, Li Bai's travels to all the great sights had a purpose. He wanted to make friends with famous and powerful people and hoped that someone would recommend him to the emperor. Li Bai's ambition wasn't to become a great poet. He wanted to go from being a commoner to an adviser to the emperor.
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好，请听第一题。中国近代史上信仰基督教的名人，请列举三位。抢答开始！请一号选手作答。
hǎo ，qǐng tīng dì yī tí 。Zhōngguó jìndàishǐ shàng xìnyǎng jīdūjiào de míngrén ，qǐng lièjǔ sān wèi 。qiǎngdá kāishǐ ！qǐng yī hào xuǎnshǒu zuòdá 。
OK, here's the first question. Please list three famous Chinese Christians from recent Chinese history. Begin! Go ahead, contestant number one.
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