名存实亡 — Chinese idiom
名存实亡
míng cún shí wáng
Traditional: 名存實亡
Meaning
- the name remains, but the reality is gone
Character by character
- 名míngname; position, rank, title
- 存cúnto exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to sto
- 实shíreal, true; honest, sincere
- 亡wángdeath, destruction; to lose; to perish
Idioms sharing a character
- 一举成名 yī jǔ chéng míng
- 久仰大名 jiǔ yǎng dà míng
- 人如其名 rén rú qí míng
- 冒名顶替 mào míng dǐng tì
- 功名利禄 gōng míng lì lù
- 功成名就 gōng chéng míng jiù
- 名不副实 míng bù fù shí
- 名不符实 míng bù fú shí
- 名不虚传 míng bù xū chuán
- 名利双收 míng lì shuāng shōu
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