懂中文 Dong Chinese
Dictionary
Log in
  • Learn
  • Dictionary
  • Media
  • Settings
盛名难副
shèng​míng​nán​fù

hard to live up to one's reputation

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
盛名难副 盛名難副 shèng​míng​nán​fù
hard to live up to one's reputation
A great reputation is difficult to match in reality; one's actual accomplishments fall short of their fame.

Frequency

Written text
0.003 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 名过其实 míng​guò​qí​shí

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)