名不虚传(míng bù xū chuán): (idiom) to live up to one's famous name
4 charactersTrad. 名不虛傳
(idiom) to live up to one's famous name
Character breakdown
4 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- míng bù xū chuán
- Meaning
- (idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 名不虛傳
Appears in lessons
名不虚传 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 名不虚传 — tap one to open its word page.
chū出míng名
HSK 6well-known for sth
nì匿míng名
HSK 7-9anonymous
yī一wén文bù不míng名
to be penniless
yī一jǔ举chéng成míng名
(idiom) to become famous in one stroke; to shoot to fame (originally referred to passin…
bù不kě可míng名zhuàng状
indescribable
bù不míng名yī一wén文
without a penny to one's name
bù不míng名yī一qián钱
to be penniless
jiǔ久wén闻dà大míng名
your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
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