名不虚传 [名不虛傳] - lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation, enjoys a well-deserved reputation - míng bù xū chuán | Definition | ChinesePod.com

名不虚传 (名不虛傳)

míng bù xū chuán

Pinyin

Definition

名不虚传 (名不虛傳)

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míng bù xū chuán

lit. name is not in vain (idiom); a fully justified reputation
enjoys a well-deserved reputation

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bù

1 (negative prefix)
2 not
3 no

bù jiǔ

1 not long (after)
2 before too long
3 soon
4 soon after

bù dàn

1 not only (... but also...)

bù jǐn

1 not only (this one)
2 not just (...) but also

bù lì

1 unfavorable
2 disadvantageous
3 harmful
4 detrimental

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休

yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū

1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
3 in for a penny, in for a pound

一问三不知

yī wèn sān bù zhī

1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
3 complete ignorance

一尘不染

yī chén bù rǎn

1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
2 spotless

一字不提

yī zì bù tí

1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)

一山不容二虎

yī shān bù róng èr hǔ

1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

导演布拉德.伯德的确名不虚传。网上说为了制作《美食总动员》，皮克斯公司专门养了不少老鼠来记录老鼠的每一个动态。甚至收集吃剩的苹果，来观察苹果核随着时间而发生的变化。凭着这种精神，《美食总动员》里的每一个细节都做得十分到位。

dǎoyǎn Bùlādé . bódé díquè míngbùxūchuán 。wǎngshàng shuō wéile zhìzuò 《Měishízǒngdòngyuán 》，píkèsī gōngsī zhuānmén yǎng le bùshǎo lǎoshǔ lái jìlù lǎoshǔ de měiyīge dòngtài 。shènzhì shōují chī shèng de píngguǒ ，lái guānchá píngguǒhé suízhe shíjiān ér fāshēng de biànhuà 。píngzhe zhèzhǒng jīngshén ，《Měishízǒngdòngyuán 》lǐ de měiyīge xìjié dōu zuò de shífēn dàowèi 。

The director Brad Bird really deserves his fame. On the Internet they said that just to make ''Ratatouille," PIXAR specially a bunch of rats and recorded their every move. They even collected apple peels and observed them to see the changes that would happen to them over time. In that spirit, every detail in ''Ratatouille" is done extremely well.

哇，台湾的夜市果然名不虚传。那边排队排得那么长，肯定有好吃的，我们去看看。

wā ，Táiwān de yèshì guǒrán míngbùxūchuán 。nàbiān páiduì pái de nàme cháng ，kěndìng yǒu hǎochī de ，wǒmen qù kànkan 。

Wow, Taiwanese night markets really do live up to their reputation. That line is so long, it's got to be for something good to eat. Let's go check it out.