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名不见经传
míng bù jiàn jīng zhuàn
What 名不见经传 means
- (lit.) name not encountered in the classics
- unknown (person)
- nobody
The characters in 名不见经传
- 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
- 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
- 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
- 传chuánto pass on; to spread; to transmit
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