míng​zhèng​yán​shùn

perfectly justified

名正言顺 名正言順 míng​zhèng​yán​shùn
perfectly justified
(idiom) right and proper; to be perfectly legitimate or justified because one has the proper status or reasoning; describes something done in a way that is logically or morally sound. Derived from a passage in the 论语 lún​yǔ (Analects) suggesting that if names are not correct, then language will not be in accord with the truth of things

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Movie subtitles
0.450 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
1.47 per million

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