美其名曰 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to call by the glorified name of

Character by character

• 美měibeautiful, pretty; pleasing
• 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
• 名míngname; position, rank, title
• 曰yuēto speak; to say

Idioms sharing a character

• 价廉物美 jià lián wù měi
• 两全其美 liǎng quán qí měi
• 十全十美 shí quán shí měi
• 天公作美 tiān gōng zuò měi
• 专美于前 zhuān měi yú qián
• 成人之美 chéng rén zhī měi
• 珍馐美味 zhēn xiū měi wèi
• 珍馐美馔 zhēn xiū měi zhuàn
• 尽善尽美 jìn shàn jìn měi
• 美不胜收 měi bù shèng shōu

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