名存实亡
míng​cún​shí​wáng

to exist in name only

  • created sense approved 名存实亡/名存實亡 · míng​cún​shí​wáng · to exist in name only — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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.

    名 (literal) → 名 · míng · [position] 存 (literal) → 存 · cún · to exist 实 (literal) → 实/實 · shí · fact 亡 (literal) → 亡 · wáng · to lose

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

    created sense