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Here’s the idiom 「循名責實」, with its definition and practical application described below.

Follow: in accordance with; require: to require. Look for the actual content according to the title or name, so that the name matches the reality.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xún míng zé shí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cheun4 ming4/meng2 jaak3 sat6

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