gū míng diào yù

Traditional: 沽名釣譽

HSK 7–9

沽名钓誉 (gū míng diào yù) is a Chinese word meaning “to angle for fame (idiom); to fish for compliments”.

Meanings

  1. 1to angle for fame (idiom)
  2. 2to fish for compliments

Characters in 沽名钓誉

沽gū · to buy名míng · name钓diào · to fish with a hook and line; to angle誉yù · to praise

Related words

名字name (of a person or thing)名name名单list of names著名famous签名to sign (one's name with a pen etc)名人personage名叫called荣誉honor罪名charge; accusation出名well-known for sth钓鱼to fish (with line and hook); to angle名义name

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