leave a stink for ten thousand years
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y í ch à UW à NNI á n, which means that after death, the bad name has been spread all the time and will be scolded forever. It comes from the biography of Huan Wen in the book of Jin.
The origin of Idioms
"The book of Jin, biography of Huan Wen" says: "since we can't live forever, we can't recover our bad memory for thousands of years?"
Idiom usage
As predicate, attribute, object; derogatory word, used for villain. All the clowns who betrayed their country to the enemy were not.
Idiom story
"The book of Jin, biography of Huan Wen" says: "since we can't live forever, we can't recover our bad memory for thousands of years?" In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Ma Huanwen, the chief minister, was in charge of the government. He made a lot of contributions to the war. He was in a high position and ambitious. He once lay in bed and said, "you can't live in obscurity." The confidants did not dare to say anything. He sat up from the bed and said, "even if a man can't live forever, he should be infamous for thousands of years."
Chinese PinYin : yí chòu wàn nián
leave a stink for ten thousand years
How can you make a difference. dān dòu jiàn sè
cease to exist except in name. míng cún shí wáng
a clear breeze and bright principles -- as of one 's deportment. qīng fēng liàng jié