不孚眾望
bù​fú​zhòng​wàng

to fail to live up to expectations

  • created reference approved 不孚众望/不孚眾望 → 不负众望/不負眾望 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不孚众望 / 不孚眾望 bù​fú​zhòng​wàng

    不负众望 / 不負眾望 bù​fù​zhòng​wàng

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 不孚众望/不孚眾望 · bù​fú​zhòng​wàng · to fail to live up to expectations — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不孚众望 / 不孚眾望

    bù​fú​zhòng​wàng

    to fail to live up to expectations

    (idiom) to not live up to people's expectations; to fail to inspire confidence or trust among the public

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 孚 (literal) → 孚 · fú · to inspire confidence 众望 (literal) → 众望/眾望 · zhòng​wàng · people's expectations

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense