cao danh
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Definition
- Noun:
- Famous person; celebrity: "cao danh" refers to a person of great renown, high reputation, or illustrious fame. It is an honorific term.
- High reputation; illustrious fame: The word can also denote the state of having a lofty and widely recognized reputation itself.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Ông ấy là một bậc cao danh trong làng văn học. (He is a celebrity in the literary world.)
- Nghe tiếng cao danh của ngài đã lâu. (I have long heard of your illustrious fame.)
- Lịch sử ghi nhận nhiều vị cao danh. (History records many famous figures.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "cao danh" is considered literary and somewhat archaic (cũ). It is used in formal, respectful, or historical contexts to refer to or address individuals of significant stature.
- It often implies not just fame, but fame coupled with virtue, achievement, or high social standing.
Variants and Related Words
- Danh tiếng (n): Reputation, fame (a more common, neutral term).
- Lừng lẫy (adj): Resounding, illustrious (often used to describe fame).
- Nhân vật nổi tiếng (n): Famous person, celebrity (a modern, direct equivalent).
Synonyms
- Nhân vật lỗi lạc: Eminent personage.
- Bậc vĩ nhân: Great man, person of great stature.
- Người nổi tiếng: Famous person (common usage).
Related Phrases and Idioms
- Cao danh lẫy lừng: To have resounding, illustrious fame.
- Vị tướng ấy có cao danh lẫy lừng. (That general has resounding fame.)
- Tiếng cao danh: The sound/reputation of one's high fame.
- Tiếng cao danh đồn khắp thiên hạ. (The sound of his high fame spreads throughout the land.)
- (cũ) Famous person; celebrity