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famous adjective—名 adj ()著名 adj ()著名的 adj ()Examples:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-), Iranian fundamentalist politician, President of Iran from 2005, famous for provocative speeches—Évariste Galois (1811-1832), famous French mathematical prodigy and unsuccessful duelist—water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)—Miluo river in Hunan, famous for Dragon Boat festival—can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not recognize a famous person—Hua Tuo (?-208), famous doctor at the end of Han Dynasty—Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-), famous Chinese-American architect—Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms—Dujiangyan in Sichuan, a famous water engineering project and World Heritage Site—Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders—Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist—Wong Fei Hung (1847-1924), famous martial artist and revolutionary—MORI Yoshirō (1937-), Japanese rugby player and politician, prime minister 2000-2001, famous for numerous gaffes—Emmy Noether (1882-1935), famous German female algebraist—Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead—Itsukushima island in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan, with a famous shrine—Maeng Saseong (1360-1438), Korean politician of the Goryeo-Joseon transition, famous for his honesty and wisdom—Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty—Albert Einstein (1879-1955), famous Austrian physicist—General Wei Chigong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty—offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding—If you're rich or famous, people will envy you.—Zolotoy Rog or Golden Horn Bay in Vladivostok (famous for its pollution)—Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), Italian scholar and lyric poet, famous for sonnets—Wangfujing neighborhood of central Beijing, famous for shopping—village in Shaanxi province, famous among poets for its wine— |