享誉 (xiǎng yù) — to enjoy fame, to be renowned | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A formal written verb meaning 'to enjoy fame' — always collocates with 享誉盛名 or 享誉世界/海内外, and emphasises a wide-reaching, lasting reputation.

verb

to enjoy fameto be renowned

Examples

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Zhè wèi zuò jiā xiǎng yù shì jiè.
This writer is renowned worldwide.
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Tā de diàn yǐng zài guó jì shàng xiǎng yù hěn gāo.
His films enjoy a high reputation internationally.
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Tā zài yīn yuè jiè xiǎng le sān shí nián de yù.
He has enjoyed a reputation in the music industry for thirty years.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

誉yùreputation

“享” expresses enjoying, while “誉” names the reputation that is enjoyed.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

享 was a drawing of an ancestral shrine.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 譽; 誉 is its simplified writing.

與言譽

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

與

與yǔ譽yù

Same sound today

The traditional form 譽 puts 與 above 言 (say); 言 is the part about saying, and 與 provides the sound. The simplified 誉 is a later shorthand.

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