名副其实 — Chinese idiom
名副其实
míng fù qí shí
Traditional: 名副其實
Meaning
- not just in name only, but also in reality
- aptly named
- worthy of the name
Character by character
- 名míngname; position, rank, title
- 副fùto assist, to supplement; assistant; secondary; au
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 实shíreal, true; honest, sincere
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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