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有名无实

yǒu míng wú shí

4-character word Traditional 有名無實

What 有名无实 means

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

The characters in 有名无实

• 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)
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 实shíreal; true; honest

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