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名副其实

míng fù qí shí

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 名副其實

名副其实 (míng fù qí shí) means "not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom); aptly named; worthy of the name". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 名副其实 means

1. not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom)
2. aptly named
3. worthy of the name

The characters in 名副其实

• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 副fùsecondary; auxiliary; deputy
• 其qíhis; her; its
• 实shíreal; true; honest

Where 名副其实 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · mǐn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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