征名责实 — Chinese idiom
征名责实
zhēng míng zé shí
Traditional: 徵名責實
Meaning
- to seek out the real nature based on the name ; to judge sth at face value
Character by character
- 征zhēngto summon, to recruit; levy, tax; journey; invasio
- 名míngname; position, rank, title
- 责zéone's responsibility, duty
- 实shíreal, true; honest, sincere
Idioms sharing a character
- 南征北伐 nán zhēng běi fá
- 南征北战 nán zhēng běi zhàn
- 南征北讨 nán zhēng běi tǎo
- 御驾亲征 yù jià qīn zhēng
- 有征无战 yǒu zhēng wú zhàn
- 东征西怨 dōng zhēng xī yuàn
- 东征西讨 dōng zhēng xī tǎo
- 东讨西征 dōng tǎo xī zhēng
- 横征暴敛 héng zhēng bào liǎn
- 无征不信 wú zhēng bù xìn
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