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Chinese idioms like 「浮名虛利」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.

Learn about the idiom 「浮名虛利」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Fame: illusory reputation. False profit: empty benefit. Describes that fame and fortune are empty things.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

fú míng xū lì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fau4 ming4/meng2 heui1 lei6

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