浪得虚名
làng​dé​xū​míng

to have an undeserved reputation

  • created sense approved 浪得虚名/浪得虛名 · làng​dé​xū​míng · to have an undeserved reputation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    浪得虚名 / 浪得虛名

    làng​dé​xū​míng

    to have an undeserved reputation

    To enjoy fame or a good reputation without having the actual skills or achievements to back it up.

    浪 (literal) → 浪 · làng · reckless 得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get 虚名 (literal) → 虚名/虛名 · xū​míng · false reputation

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

    created sense