名不副實

Simplified: 名不副实

míngbùfùshí ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄕˊ

    • the name does not reflect the reality (idiom) more in name than in fact
    • Reality does not live up to the name.
    • Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.

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Other words read míngbùfùshí

mingbufushi with other tones

  • 名不符實 míngbùfúshí name does not correspond to reality

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