shèng​míng​zhī​xià​qí​shí​nán​fù

hard to live up to one's reputation

  1. great reputation
    great reputation; high prestige; famous reputation
  2. under; less than
    (bound form) under; below; beneath; less than; not more than
  3. non-Chinese
  4. actually
    as a matter of fact; in fact; really; used to clarify the true situation, often following a preceding statement to show a contrast
  5. nán adjective
    difficult
    difficult; hard to do; troublesome; not easy; problematic; the opposite of 容易 róng​yì
  6. to correspond
    (bound form) to tally with; to conform to; to fit; to be consistent with