声名狼藉

聲名狼藉

shēngmíng-lángjí

idiom #15,627

Meanings

1 to have a bad reputation
2 notorious
3 infamous

Characters

name; reputation

in disorder; trampled

Examples

那个公司因为欺诈而声名狼藉。

Nàge gōngsī yīnwèi qīzhà ér shēngmíng-lángjí.

That company is notorious for fraud.

Tips

history

狼藉 evokes the scattered, trampled grass left where wolves have slept, a picture of complete disarray. The idiom paints a reputation as ruined and disordered as that wolf-trampled ground.

Stroke Order

声 shēng

名 míng

狼 láng

藉 jiè