名下无虚士
míng​xià​wú​xū​shì

a person of reputation must have true talent

  • created sense approved 名下无虚士/名下無虛士 · míng​xià​wú​xū​shì · a person of reputation must have true talent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    名下无虚士 / 名下無虛士

    míng​xià​wú​xū​shì

    a person of reputation must have true talent

    A person who possesses a great reputation must have genuine ability or learning to back it up; reputation matches reality.

    名下无虚 (literal) → 名下无虚/名下無虛 · míng​xià​wú​xū · to have a well-deserved reputation 士 (literal) → 士 · shì · person

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

    created sense