Definition

1. 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.)

1. (cũ) Famous person; celebrity