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名存实亡
míng​cún​shí​wáng

to exist in name only

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 名 míng noun
    [position]
    the status or capacity in which something is done; nominal; titular; the name of something as opposed to its reality
  2. 存 cún verb
    to exist
    to exist; to live; to survive; to remain on balance or be in stock
  3. 实 實 shí nounadverb
    fact
    reality; fact; truth; deeds
  4. 亡 wáng
    to lose
    (bound form) to lose; to misplace; to be gone
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