"Byword" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 代名词 | dài míng cí | pronoun / synonym / byword |  |
| 潘岳 | Pān Yuè | Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安[Pan1 An1], prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man" | |
| 遗臭万年 | yí chòu wàn nián | to have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy (idiom) |  |
| 十常侍 | shí cháng shì | Ten Permanent Functionaries at the end of Han, a byword for corruption | |
