遺臭萬年

遗臭万年
yíchòuwànnián
to have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy (idiom)

CEDICT

to go down in history as a byword of infamy

Wiktionary

惡名永遠流傳下去，遭人唾罵。《宋史．卷四二二．林勳等傳》論曰：「若乃程珌之竊取富貴，梁成大、李知孝甘為史彌遠鷹犬，遺臭萬年者也。」《三國演義．第九回》：「將軍若助董卓，乃反臣也，載之史筆，遺臭萬年。」也作「遺臭千年」、「遺臭萬代」、「遺臭萬載」。

重編國語辭典

惡名永傳後世，為人所唾棄

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 遺 yí (bound form) to leave behind
2 臭 chòu
  1. stench
  2. smelly
  3. to smell (bad)
  4. repulsive
  5. loathsome
  6. terrible
  7. bad
  8. severely
  9. ruthlessly
  10. dud (ammunition)
=3 萬年 Wànnián see 萬年縣 Wànnián Xiàn
=3 萬年 wànnián
  1. (figurative) all ages; eternity
  2. (figurative, rare) lifetime
  3. (～縣) Wannian (a county of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China)
  4. Wannian (a county of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China)
  5. all ages; eternity
  6. lifetime
  7. ten thousand years