泥名失实 — “Stuck on the name, losing the reality”
泥名失实 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to cling to an empty reputation or title without regard for the actual facts or substance; to adhere to nominalism, disregarding substance”. Literally, “Stuck on the name, losing the reality”.
泥名失实 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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- ní泥zhōng中yǐn隐cì刺speak with veiled sarcasm
- nì泥gǔ古bù不huà化rigidly adhere to ancient conventions
- nì泥gǔ古shǒu守jiù旧cling to old ways
- nì泥gǔ古zhí执jīn今rigidly adhere to ancient conventions
- nì泥gǔ古jū拘fāng方dogmatically cling to outdated conventions
- nì泥gǔ古wéi违jīn今rigidly adhere to ancient ways
- nì泥gǔ古fēi非jīn今Adhere to ancient, reject modern
- ní泥sù塑mù木diāo雕stiff and expressionless like a dummy
- ní泥duō多fó佛dà大More input, greater achievement
- ní泥shā沙jù俱xià下good and bad mixed together
- ní泥niú牛rù入hǎi海disappear completely and irreversibly
- ní泥zhū猪wǎ瓦gǒu狗lowly, vulgar, or contemptible person
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What does 泥名失实 mean?
泥名失实 (nì míng shī shí) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to cling to an empty reputation or title without regard for the actual facts or substance; to adhere to nominalism, disregarding substance”.
How do you pronounce 泥名失实?
泥名失实 is pronounced nì míng shī shí in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 泥名失实 literally mean?
Literally, 泥名失实 means “Stuck on the name, losing the reality”. It is used to mean “to cling to an empty reputation or title without regard for the actual facts or substance; to adhere to nominalism, disregarding substance”.
What is the Chinese definition of 泥名失实?
拘守空名，不求实际。