名
副
其
实

Not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom) in Chinese: 名副其实 (míng fù qí shí)

míng fù qí shí

not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 名副其實1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom)
  2. 2aptly named
  3. 3worthy of the name

Stroke order

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名
副
其
实

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄧㄥˊ

míng

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄈㄨˋ

fù

ㄈ/ fㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄑㄧˊ

qí

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˊ/ second tone

ㄕˊ

shí

ㄕ/ shˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

名副其实

Simplified

名副其實

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他是一位名副其实的好老师。

    tā shì yí wèi míng fù qí shí de hǎo lǎo shī。

    He is a truly deserving good teacher.

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Related words

名

míng

name

其

qí

his

副

fù

secondary

名字

míng zi

name (of a person or thing)

其实

qí shí

actually

其他

qí tā

other

有名

yǒu míng

famous

报名

bào míng

to sign up

诚实

chéng shí

honest

极其

jí qí

extremely

其次

qí cì

next

其中

qí zhōng

among

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