名不虚传
míng​bù​xū​chuán

to have a well-deserved reputation

  • created sense approved 名不虚传/名不虛傳 · míng​bù​xū​chuán · to have a well-deserved reputation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    名不虚传 / 名不虛傳

    míng​bù​xū​chuán

    to have a well-deserved reputation

    (idiom) to live up to one's name or reputation; for a good reputation to be based on facts and reality

    名 (literal) → 名 · míng · reputation 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 虚 (literal) → 虚/虛 · xū · false 传 (literal) → 传/傳 · chuán · to pass on

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

    created sense