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名过其实
míng​guò​qí​shí

to have an undeserved reputation

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
名过其实 名過其實 míng​guò​qí​shí
to have an undeserved reputation
to have a reputation or status that exceeds one's actual merit; to be overrated or exaggerated

Frequency

Written text
0.012 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 过甚其词 guò​shèn​qí​cí
  • 盛名难副 shèng​míng​nán​fù

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)