Definition

1. Verb:
   • To leave a good name: To have one's name and reputation remembered positively and passed down through history or future generations.
   • To be immortalized: To achieve a form of immortality through the enduring memory of one's deeds or character.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Các anh hùng dân tộc đã lưu danh sử sách. (The national heroes have left their good names in the history books.)
  • Ông ấy hy vọng sẽ lưu danh bằng những cống hiến cho khoa học. (He hopes to be immortalized through his contributions to science.)
  • Phạm Ngũ Lão là một vị tướng lưu danh thiên cổ. (Pham Ngu Lao is a general whose name is immortalized for eternity.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in formal, literary, or historical contexts to describe figures of great moral character, heroic achievement, or significant cultural contribution. It implies a legacy that transcends one's lifetime.

Variants and Related Words

• Lưu danh hậu thế (verb phrase): To leave one's name for posterity.
  • Nhà phát minh ấy đã lưu danh hậu thế. (That inventor left his name for posterity.)
• Lưu danh sử xanh (idiomatic expression): To have one's name recorded in the official historical records (often painted on green bamboo slips), signifying official historical recognition.
  • Công lao của vua Quang Trung đã lưu danh sử xanh. (The merits of King Quang Trung have been immortalized in the annals of history.)

Synonyms

• To immortalize: To make someone or something famous for a very long time.
• To leave a legacy: To leave something of value for future generations.
• To be commemorated: To be remembered and honored.

Related Idioms

• Lưu danh thiên cổ: To have one's name remembered for a thousand generations; to achieve eternal fame.
  • Sự nghiệp của Trần Hưng Đạo thực sự lưu danh thiên cổ. (The career of Tran Hung Dao truly achieved eternal fame.)
• Bất hủ danh: (A related classical concept) An immortal name.
  • Ông đã ghi được một bất hủ danh. (He has earned an immortal name.)

verb

1. to leave a good name