We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「有名無實」, explained below.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「有名無實」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
It is just an empty name, but it is not actually like that.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǒu míng wú shí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yau5 meng2 mou4 sat6
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
