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名副其实

名副其实 míngfùqíshí

名副其实 míngfùqíshí Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 名副其实 míngfùqíshí .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
míngfùqíshí | ming2 fu4 qi2 shi2
English translation
not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom)

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HSK level

6

Traditional form

名副其實

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ
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Etymology of 名副其实 míngfùqíshí

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名 míng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Traditionally explained as identifying youself at night (夕 xī ) by saying (口 kǒu ) your name (名 míng ) because is too dark for others to see you.

Positional decomposition

⿸夕口

Number of Strokes

6

副 fù

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 dāo represents the meaning and 畐 fú represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

畐 fú

Semantic compound

刂 dāo

Positional decomposition

⿰畐刂

Number of Strokes

11

其 qí

Explanation

Pictograph of a basket, now written as 箕 jī . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿱甘 Gān ⿱一八

Number of Strokes

8

实 shí

Explanation

Simplified form of 實 shí . 貫 guàn is a pictograph of a string of money. Based on the original meaning "thrive; plentiful". The meaning later shifted to "real", "true", and "fruit".

Positional decomposition

⿱宀头

Number of Strokes

8

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来自 láizì 德国 Dé guó 汉堡 Hàn bǎo 的 de 霍斯特是 shì 个 gè 名副其实 míngfùqíshí 的 de 怪人 guài rén 。

Horst, a German from Hamburg, was a true original.

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