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名存实亡
míng cún shí wáng
What 名存实亡 means
- the name remains, but the reality is gone (idiom)
The characters in 名存实亡
- 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
- 存cúnto exist; to deposit; to store
- 实shíreal; true; honest
- 亡wángto die; to lose; to be gone
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