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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 「名不虛立」, explained below.

Our focus this time is on the idiom 「名不虛立」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.

It is said that this reputation is well deserved.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

míng bù xū lì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ming4/meng2 bat1 heui1 lap6

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