the name falls short of the reality
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m í NGB ù f ú sh í, which means reputation does not match reality. It comes from the lecture on the third issue of recruits of Huangpu Military Academy.
The origin of Idioms
Liao Zhongkai said in his lecture on the third phase of recruits of Huangpu Military Academy: "the so-called fame is hard to bear. It's not worthy of the name. It's a joke."
Idiom usage
Subject predicate; predicate, object; derogatory. Examples Liu Shao's the chronicles of characters in the Three Kingdoms States States: "a person in love is not worthy of the name, but effective."
the name falls short of the reality
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one 's eyes run over with tears - rè lèi yíng kuàng
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a disciple who has not taken lessons directly under the master himself - sī shū dì zǐ