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名副其實 (ming4 fu3 kei4 sat6) — to live up to one's name; be worthy of the name; not just in name, but also in reality in Cantonese

mingˎ₄名fu˗₃副keiˎ₄其satˍ₆實
简 名副其实
Mandarin Pinyin: ming2 fu4 qi2 shi2

Meaning of 名副其實

nounto live up to one's name; be worthy of the name; not just in name, but also in reality
noun(adjective) Veritable

Characters in 名副其實

名ming4
fame; reputation; position
副fu3
secondary; auxiliary; subsidiary
其kei4
used as rhetorical word to form a four-character expression
實sat6
definitely; certainly

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