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Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「出師有名」 today for free with this guide.

Today’s idiom is 「出師有名」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.

There are legitimate reasons for the conquest.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chū shī yǒu míng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cheut1 si1 yau5 meng2

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