美其名曰 — Chinese idiom
美其名曰
měi qí míng yuē
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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