征名责实 — Chinese idiom

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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