南箕北斗
nán​jī​běi​dǒu

to have a hollow reputation

  • created sense approved 南箕北斗 · nán​jī​běi​dǒu · to have a hollow reputation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    南箕北斗

    nán​jī​běi​dǒu

    to have a hollow reputation

    literally referring to the Winnowing Basket in the south and the Big Dipper in the north; used to describe something that is well-known but lacks any practical use or fails to live up to its name.

    nán​jī​bò​dǒu

    南 (literal) → 南 · nán · south 箕 (literal) → 箕 · jī · Win 北 (literal) → 北 · běi · north 斗 (literal) → 斗 · dǒu · Big Dipper

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

    created sense