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Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「假譽馳聲」.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「假譽馳聲」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

It means that someone has no real talent or knowledge and relies on flattering each other to become famous.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiǎ yù chí shēng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ga2/ga3 yu6 chi4 seng1

Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.