令名
Chinese
make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable |
name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place | ||
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trad. (令名) | 令 | 名 | |
simp. #(令名) | 令 | 名 |
Pronunciation
Noun
令名
- (literary) good name; reputation
- 父母雖沒,將爲善,思貽父母令名,必果;將爲不善,思貽父母羞辱,必不果。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Fùmǔ suī mò, jiāng wéi shàn, sī yí fùmǔ lìngmíng, bì guǒ; jiāng wéi bùshàn, sī yí fùmǔ xiūrǔ, bì bùguǒ. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
父母虽没,将为善,思贻父母令名,必果;将为不善,思贻父母羞辱,必不果。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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令 | 名 |
れい Grade: 4 |
めい Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Noun
令名 • (reimei)
- good name; reputation
- 1956, 山田孝雄, 君が代の歴史:
- 音樂界に令名を馳せた人だ。
- Ongakukai ni reimei o haseta hito da.
- He is renowned in musical circles.
- 音樂界に令名を馳せた人だ。
- 1956, 山田孝雄, 君が代の歴史:
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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