míng​shí

name and reality

  • created sense approved 名实/名實 · míng​shí · name and reality — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    名实 / 名實

    míng​shí

    name and reality

    The relationship between how something is named or portrayed and what it is actually like; reputation and reality; concept and substance.

    名 (literal) → 名 · míng · name 实 (literal) → 实/實 · shí · fact

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

    created sense