盛名難副
shèng​míng​nán​fù

hard to live up to one's reputation

  • created reference approved 盛名难副/盛名難副 → 名过其实/名過其實 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    盛名难副 / 盛名難副 shèng​míng​nán​fù

    名过其实 / 名過其實 míng​guò​qí​shí

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 盛名难副/盛名難副 · shèng​míng​nán​fù · hard to live up to one's reputation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    盛名难副 / 盛名難副

    shèng​míng​nán​fù

    hard to live up to one's reputation

    A great reputation is difficult to match in reality; one's actual accomplishments fall short of their fame.

    盛名 (literal) → 盛名 · shèng​míng · great reputation 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult 副 (literal) → 副 · fù · to correspond

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

    created sense