notorious

notorious

Infamous, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ò um í ngzh ā ozh ù, which means bad reputation is known by everyone. From Guo Moruo's Hongbo Qu.

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 10 of Guo Moruo's Hong Bo Qu: "they are people from he Zhonghan's system. They are notorious for beating dogs and eating in front of them."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type; used as predicate and attributive; with derogatory meaning, it refers to a person with a bad name. The KMT accused this group of unarmed youths of "subverting the government" with its emergency crime law against the Republic of China. Preface III to selected poems by Ai Qing

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym is infamous and infamous; antonym is famous and famous