名不虚传

míng bù xū chuán

to live up to its reputation

Character by character

名míng
reputation

不bù
not

虚xū
empty

传chuán
passed on

这家店的烤鸭果然名不虚传。

This place’s roast duck really does live up to its name.

Tone: positive (praise).

Learn this in Lesson 5 · HSK 5: 八大菜系 (The eight great cuisines)

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