实至名归 — Chinese idiom
实至名归
shí zhì míng guī
Traditional: 實至名歸
Meaning
- fame follows merit
Character by character
- 实shíreal, true; honest, sincere
- 至zhìreach, arrive; very, extremely
- 名míngname; position, rank, title
- 归guīto return, to go back; to return to, to revert
Idioms sharing a character
- 付诸实施 fù zhū shí shī
- 以虚带实 yǐ xū dài shí
- 名不副实 míng bù fù shí
- 名不符实 míng bù fú shí
- 名副其实 míng fù qí shí
- 名存实亡 míng cún shí wáng
- 实事求是 shí shì qiú shì
- 实属不易 shí shǔ bù yì
- 征名责实 zhēng míng zé shí
- 有名亡实 yǒu míng wáng shí
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