- lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
Characters
- 名 (名): name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- 垂 (垂): to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach
- 青 (青): abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province
- 史 (史): surname Shi
Resources
- Wiktionary: 名垂青史
- MDBG: 名垂青史
- Examples with 名垂青史 on Tatoeba
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