Chinese
名副其實
/miŋ³⁵ fu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʂɻ̩³⁵/
to be not just in name, but also in reality; to be worthy of the name; to live up to reputation
- 名符其實
- 名副其实
- 名符其实
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Origin
這個詞由四個漢字組成：名、副、其、實。其中「名」字包含「夕」（夜晚、黃昏）與「口」（嘴巴）這兩個組成部分。「副」字由「刀」（刀、刀刃）作為意義組成部分，並以「畐」（充滿、填滿）作為聲音組成部分。此外，「其」字代表他的、她的、它的或他們的。
至於「實」字，其組成部分包含「宀」（一種有屋頂與四壁的深宅）、「周」（圍繞）、「貫」（一串千枚錢幣）以及「貝」（貝殼、貨幣）。
Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.
Lineage
- characterChinese名 “name”
- ideaChinese夕 “night; evening; dusk”
- ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
- characterChinese副 “subsidiary, auxiliary; sub-; vice-”
- soundChinese畐 “full, filled”
- meaningChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張／张 c h; 叢／丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”
- characterChinese其 “his; her; its; their”
- characterChinese實 “full; fulfilled; substantial; rich”
- ideaChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
- ideaChinese周 “to circle; to encircle”
- componentChinese貫 “a string of one thousand coins”
- ideaChinese貝 “shellfish; cowrie”
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Sources
- etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
- 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
- Written form — n/a
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0