"名不虛傳" meaning in Chinese

See 名不虛傳 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /mɪŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 名不虚传 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 名不虛傳
  1. to live up to one's illustrious reputation Tags: idiomatic
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "làngdéxūmíng",
      "word": "浪得虛名"
    },
    {
      "roman": "làngdéxūmíng",
      "word": "浪得虚名"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "名不虛傳"
          },
          "expansion": "名不虛傳",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "명불허전(名不虛傳)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "名不虛傳",
            "id2": "",
            "id3": "",
            "id4": "",
            "pos": "",
            "pos2": "",
            "pos3": "",
            "pos4": "",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 명불허전(名不虛傳) (myeongbulheojeon)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "danh bất hư truyền",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "名不虛傳",
            "pos": "",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "名不虛傳"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: danh bất hư truyền (名不虛傳)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "名不虛傳",
            "2": "",
            "3": "명불허전",
            "4": "danh bất hư truyền",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "名不虛傳",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "名不虛傳",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "名不虛傳",
            "v": "名不虛傳",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (名不虛傳):\n* → Korean: 명불허전(名不虛傳) (myeongbulheojeon)\n* → Vietnamese: danh bất hư truyền (名不虛傳)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "",
            "3": "명불허전",
            "4": "danh bất hư truyền"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (名不虛傳):\n* → Korean: 명불허전(名不虛傳) (myeongbulheojeon)\n* → Vietnamese: danh bất hư truyền (名不虛傳)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (名不虛傳):\n* → Korean: 명불허전(名不虛傳) (myeongbulheojeon)\n* → Vietnamese: danh bất hư truyền (名不虛傳)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "名不虚传",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "名不虛傳",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to live up to one's illustrious reputation"
      ],
      "id": "en-名不虛傳-zh-phrase-9OrH4at-",
      "links": [
        [
          "illustrious",
          "illustrious"
        ],
        [
          "reputation",
          "reputation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "míngbùxūchuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩ ㄔㄨㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁴ bat¹ heoi¹ cyun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "míngbùxūchuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩ ㄔㄨㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "míngbùsyuchuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming²-pu⁴-hsü¹-chʻuan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "míng-bù-syū-chwán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mingbushiuchwan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "minbusjujčuanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "минбусюйчуань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁴ bat¹ heoi¹ cyun⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mìhng bāt hēui chyùhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁴ bat⁷ hoey¹ tsyn⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁴ bed¹ hêu¹ qun⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "名不虛傳"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "làngdéxūmíng",
      "word": "浪得虛名"
    },
    {
      "roman": "làngdéxūmíng",
      "word": "浪得虚名"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "名不虛傳"
          },
          "expansion": "名不虛傳",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "명불허전(名不虛傳)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "名不虛傳",
            "id2": "",
            "id3": "",
            "id4": "",
            "pos": "",
            "pos2": "",
            "pos3": "",
            "pos4": "",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 명불허전(名不虛傳) (myeongbulheojeon)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "danh bất hư truyền",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "名不虛傳",
            "pos": "",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "名不虛傳"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: danh bất hư truyền (名不虛傳)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "名不虛傳",
            "2": "",
            "3": "명불허전",
            "4": "danh bất hư truyền",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "名不虛傳",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "名不虛傳",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "名不虛傳",
            "v": "名不虛傳",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (名不虛傳):\n* → Korean: 명불허전(名不虛傳) (myeongbulheojeon)\n* → Vietnamese: danh bất hư truyền (名不虛傳)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "",
            "3": "명불허전",
            "4": "danh bất hư truyền"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (名不虛傳):\n* → Korean: 명불허전(名不虛傳) (myeongbulheojeon)\n* → Vietnamese: danh bất hư truyền (名不虛傳)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (名不虛傳):\n* → Korean: 명불허전(名不虛傳) (myeongbulheojeon)\n* → Vietnamese: danh bất hư truyền (名不虛傳)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "名不虚传",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "名不虛傳",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 傳",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 名",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 虛",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to live up to one's illustrious reputation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "illustrious",
          "illustrious"
        ],
        [
          "reputation",
          "reputation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "míngbùxūchuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩ ㄔㄨㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁴ bat¹ heoi¹ cyun⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "míngbùxūchuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩ ㄔㄨㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "míngbùsyuchuán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming²-pu⁴-hsü¹-chʻuan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "míng-bù-syū-chwán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mingbushiuchwan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "minbusjujčuanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "минбусюйчуань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁴ bat¹ heoi¹ cyun⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mìhng bāt hēui chyùhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁴ bat⁷ hoey¹ tsyn⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁴ bed¹ hêu¹ qun⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "名不虛傳"
}

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