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Open the tool →闻名遐迩 (wén míng xiá ěr) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be widely known or celebrated”.
闻名遐迩 is pronounced wén míng xiá ěr in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 闻名遐迩 means “famous far and near”. It is used to mean “to be widely known or celebrated”.
遐:远;迩:近。形容名声很大,远近都知道。