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师出有名

shī chū yǒu míng

4-character word Traditional 師出有名

What 师出有名 means

1. lit. to have sufficient reason to send troops (idiom)
2. to do something with good reason
3. to have just cause

The characters in 师出有名

• 师shīteacher; master; expert
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)