闻
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Definitions
- 1. to hear
- 2. news
- 3. well-known
- 4. famous
- 5. reputation
- 6. fame
- 7. to smell
- 8. to sniff at
Words Containing 闻
rumor
to love to hear and see (idiom)
ignorant and inexperienced
news
sex scandal
to witness personally
well-known
world-famous (idiom)
what one has seen and heard
to be known far and wide
scandal
shocking
obscure and unknown (idiom); an outsider without any reputation
unheard of
Shanghai Media Group
not to hear, not to question (idiom)
world famous
China News Service
China News Service website (chinanews.com)
your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
Hong Kong Economic Journal
hearsay (law)
to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
to pay no attention to outside matters
unheard-of; unprecedented
Rodong Sinmun (Workers' news), the official newspaper of the North Korean WPK's Central Committee
wide and knowledgeable
to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
learned and erudite
have wide learning and a retentive memory
erudite
knowledgeable
famous
State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
Vaisravana (one of the Heavenly Kings)
anecdote
so I have heard (idiom)
news from the grapevine
Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
Bloomberg News
Xuwen county in Zhanjiang 湛江[zhàn jiāng], Guangdong
Xuwen county in Zhanjiang 湛江[zhàn jiāng], Guangdong
to hear suddenly
(idiom) dreadful to hear
heard
what one hears and sees (idiom)
it is said; it is alleged; it is reported
information services department
newsreader
General Administration of Press and Publication (PRC state censorship organization)
Newsweek magazine
news media
journalism
journalist
the press
news conference
spokesman
press release
communication management
newsgroup
news agency
freedom of the press
news service
journalist
Nikkei Shimbun, Japanese equivalent of Financial Times
heard from time to time
never before in the whole of history (idiom)
Cable Network News (CNN)
Asahi Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening
sex scandal
headline news
Mainichi Shimbun, a Japanese daily newspaper
to pass into oblivion
oddity
news items
Business News
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others
matters (concerning a prominent family etc) intended to be kept private
to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
Cable Network News (CNN)
to hear of
seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others
Wen Yiduo (1899-1946), poet and patriotic fighter, executed by Guomindang in Kunming
lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything
to smell of sth
famous person
to identify by smell
to smell
knowing sb by their reputation can't compare to meeting them in person (idiom)
world-famous
to be famous far and wide (idiom)
Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城[yùn chéng], Shanxi
Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城[yùn chéng], Shanxi
to hear (about sth)
unheard of
to smell
to have heard what was said
to receive news (of)
(TCM) auscultation and smelling, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊[sì zhěn]
to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.)
illustrious and influential
to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom)
to flee at hearing the news (idiom)
hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news
to respond instantly
(Buddhism) disciple
to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people
to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
to listen
to stink to high heaven
outdated news
media gossip
there is no-one who doesn't know that
to be known to everyone
important news story
to possess limited experience and knowledge (idiom)
don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously
obituary
scandal
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
funny news item
anecdote (about historical person)
anecdote
famous everywhere
unpleasant smell
top news story
I'd like to hear the details
to learn sth through hearsay