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名存实亡
míng​cún​shí​wáng

to exist in name only

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名存实亡/ 名存實亡 míng​cún​shí​wáng to exist in name only

The name remains but the reality is gone; a situation where something exists officially or formally but has no actual power or substance in reality.

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