the name falls short of the reality

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."