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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

成名原因

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chéng míng yuán yīn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Claim-to-fame/ˌkleɪm tə ˈfeɪm/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这座小镇唯一的成名原因就是出产这种茶叶。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The most notable achievement, distinguishing feature, or sole reason for someone or something to be famous or well-known.

    "The small town's only claim-to-fame is that a famous poet was born there."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The phrase originated in late 19th-century American English as an idiomatic expression combining the verb 'claim' (in the sense of asserting a right or title to something) with 'fame'. It evolved from general literary usage describing a person's or thing's sole justification for distinction into a standard modern colloquialism.

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