名
副
其
实

名副其实 (míng fù qí shí) – not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom)

míng fù qí shí

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

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 名副其實0 example sentences

Definitions

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

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名副其实

Simplified

名副其實

Traditional

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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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