丑闻
chǒu wén
Pinyin

Definition

丑闻
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chǒu wén
  1. scandal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

新闻
xīn wén
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo],個|个[gè]
闻
Wén
  1. 1 surname Wen
丑
chǒu
  1. 1 shameful
  2. 2 ugly
  3. 3 disgraceful
不闻不问
bù wén bù wèn
  1. 1 not to hear, not to question (idiom)
  2. 2 to show no interest in sth
  3. 3 uncritical
  4. 4 not in the least concerned
传闻
chuán wén
  1. 1 rumor
出丑
chū chǒu
  1. 1 shameful
  2. 2 scandalous
  3. 3 to be humiliated
  4. 4 to make a fool of sb or oneself
  5. 5 to make sb lose face
喜闻乐见
xǐ wén lè jiàn
  1. 1 to love to hear and see (idiom)
  2. 2 well received
  3. 3 to one's liking
奇闻
qí wén
  1. 1 anecdote
  2. 2 fantastic story
所见所闻
suǒ jiàn suǒ wén
  1. 1 what one hears and sees (idiom)
新闻网
xīn wén wǎng
  1. 1 news agency
绯闻
fēi wén
  1. 1 sex scandal
闻到
wén dào
  1. 1 to smell
  2. 2 to sniff sth out
  3. 3 to perceive by smelling
闻名
wén míng
  1. 1 well-known
  2. 2 famous
  3. 3 renowned
  4. 4 eminent
听闻
tīng wén
  1. 1 to listen
  2. 2 to hear what sb says
  3. 3 news one has heard
要闻
yào wén
  1. 1 important news story
  2. 2 headline
见闻
jiàn wén
  1. 1 what one has seen and heard
  2. 2 knowledge
  3. 3 one's experience
变丑
biàn chǒu
  1. 1 to disfigure
趣闻
qù wén
  1. 1 funny news item
  2. 2 interesting anecdote
丑恶
chǒu è
  1. 1 ugly
  2. 2 repulsive
丑态
chǒu tài
  1. 1 shameful performance
  2. 2 disgraceful situation

Idioms (20)

不闻不问
bù wén bù wèn
  1. 1 not to hear, not to question (idiom)
  2. 2 to show no interest in sth
  3. 3 uncritical
  4. 4 not in the least concerned
充耳不闻
chōng ěr bù wén
  1. 1 to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
博物洽闻
bó wù qià wén
  1. 1 to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
博识洽闻
bó shí qià wén
  1. 1 knowledgeable
  2. 2 erudite (idiom)
喜闻乐见
xǐ wén lè jiàn
  1. 1 to love to hear and see (idiom)
  2. 2 well received
  3. 3 to one's liking
如是我闻
rú shì wǒ wén
  1. 1 so I have heard (idiom)
  2. 2 the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Ananda (Buddhism)
家丑不可外传
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán
  1. 1 lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn
  1. 1 Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)
  2. 2 Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
家丑不可外扬
jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng
  1. 1 lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
惨不忍闻
cǎn bù rěn wén
  1. 1 too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle
  2. 2 appalling scenes of devastation
所见所闻
suǒ jiàn suǒ wén
  1. 1 what one hears and sees (idiom)
旷古未闻
kuàng gǔ wèi wén
  1. 1 never before in the whole of history (idiom)
  2. 2 unprecedented
  3. 3 also written 曠古未有|旷古未有
朝闻夕改
zhāo wén xī gǎi
  1. 1 lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening
  2. 2 to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
百闻不如一见
bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn
  1. 1 seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others
  2. 2 seeing is believing
置若罔闻
zhì ruò wǎng wén
  1. 1 to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
闻一知十
wén yī zhī shí
  1. 1 lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything
  2. 2 a word to the wise
闻名不如见面
wén míng bù rú jiàn miàn
  1. 1 knowing sb by their reputation can't compare to meeting them in person (idiom)
闻名遐迩
wén míng xiá ěr
  1. 1 to be famous far and wide (idiom)
闻鸡起舞
wén jī qǐ wǔ
  1. 1 to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom)
  2. 2 to be diligent in one's studies
闻风先遁
wén fēng xiān dùn
  1. 1 to flee at hearing the news (idiom)

Sample Sentences

有一个人，他因为丑闻，被某一个政党开除了。
yǒu yī gè rén ，tā yīnwèi chǒuwén ，bèi mǒu yī gè zhèngdǎng kāichú le 。
One guy was expelled from the political party because the scandal.
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