Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「名實難副」, with details below.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「名實難副」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
He has a great reputation, but his actual ability is not commensurate with his reputation.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
míng shí nán fù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ming4/meng2 sat6 naan4 fu3
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