Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「徵名責實」—details below.
Learn about the idiom 「徵名責實」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
It means to examine the name to find out the reality, and observe his actions based on his words to ensure that the name is consistent with the reality. Also written as “follow the name and hold the person accountable for the actual situation.”
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhēng míng zé shí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jing1 ming4/meng2 jaak3 sat6
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