人如其名
rén​rú​qí​míng

to live up to one's name

  • created sense approved 人如其名 · rén​rú​qí​míng · to live up to one's name — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人如其名

    rén​rú​qí​míng

    to live up to one's name

    (idiom) to be true to one's reputation; a person whose actual character or appearance matches what their name or fame suggests

    人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 名 (literal) → 名 · míng · name

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

    created sense