| 臭名昭著 | chòu míng zhāo zhù | notorious / infamous / egregious (bandits) |   |
| 恶名昭彰 | è míng zhāo zhāng | infamous / notorious | |
| 恶名昭著 | è míng zhāo zhù | notorious (idiom) / infamous | |
| 扬名 | yáng míng | to become famous / to become notorious | |
| 金瓶梅 | Jīn píng méi | Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content | |
| 关东军 | Guān dōng jūn | Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō / army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII | |
| 魏征 | Wèi Zhēng | Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书 | |
| 臭名远扬 | chòu míng yuǎn yáng | stinking reputation / notorious far and wide | |
| 臭不可闻 | chòu bù kě wén | unbearable stink / fig. notorious | |
| 臭名昭彰 | chòu míng zhāo zhāng | notorious for his misdeeds (idiom) / infamous | |
| 商纣王 | Shāng Zhòu wáng | King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant | |
| 德雷福斯案件 | Dé léi fú sī àn jiàn | Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice | |
| 赖昌星 | Lài Chāng xīng | Lai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and smuggling, extradited from Canada back to China in 2008 | |
| 金瓶梅词话 | Jīn Píng Méi Cí Huà | Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content | |
| 韩爱晶 | Hán Aì jīng | Han Aijing (1945-), notorious red guard leader during Cultural Revolution, spent 15 years in prison for imprisoning and torturing political leaders | |
| 劣迹斑斑 | liè jì bān bān | notorious for one's misdeeds | |
