声名远播 (shēng míng yuǎn bō) — (set phrase) to have one's reputation spread far and wide; to be widely renowned

Definition

A written set phrase meaning someone's reputation has spread far and wide. Used for people, companies, or works whose fame extends well beyond their home territory — more literary than everyday 出了名.

verb
(set phrase) to have one's reputation spread far and wideto be widely renowned

Examples

  • 声名远播，。
    Zhè wèi kē xué jiā shēng míng yuǎn bō, tā de yán jiū chéng guǒ yǐng xiǎng le quán shì jiè.
    This scientist has a far-reaching reputation; his research findings have influenced the whole world.
  • 声名远播，。
    Zhè jiā qǐ yè píng jiè yōu zhì chǎn pǐn shēng míng yuǎn bō, hǎi wài dìng dān bú duàn.
    Leveraging its quality products, this company has become widely known, and overseas orders keep coming.
  • 声名远播，。
    Tā de cái huá ràng tā zài guó nèi shēng míng yuǎn bō, lián wài guó tóng háng dōu yǒu suǒ ěr wén.
    His talent has made him widely renowned in the country; even foreign peers have heard of him.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

声名reputation
声shēngreputation名míngname
联合Side by side
远播spread far
远yuǎnfar播bōspread
偏正Modifier + head

声名 means reputation, and 远播 means spread far, so the picture is a reputation traveling widely.

Characters in this word

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 聲; 声 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
耳耳ěrear
Sound part声符shēngfú
殸
殸qìng聲shēng
Same sound today

The traditional form 聲 pairs 耳 (ear) with 殸 as a sound part; the simplified 声 is a shorthand and does not show those original parts.

Open 声 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

名 puts 夕 (crescent moon) above 口 (mouth), showing a name spoken in the dark.

Open 名 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
元
元yuán远yuǎn
Same sound today

远 combines 辶, meaning walk, with 元, used for its sound.

Open 远 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
番
番fān播bō
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

播 is built from 扌, a hand radical, plus 番 as a sound part. The hand part marks it as something done by hand.

Open 播 →

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