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有名亡实

yǒu míng wáng shí

4-character word Traditional 有名亡實

What 有名亡实 means

1. lit. has a name but no reality (idiom); exists only in name
2. nominal

The characters in 有名亡实

• 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)
• 亡wángto die; to lose; to be gone
• 实shíreal; true; honest

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