名不见经传

míng bù jiàn jīng zhuàn

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Definitions

1. (lit.) name not encountered in the classics
2. unknown (person)
3. nobody

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Child Words of 名不见经传

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 不见 不见 bù jiàn: not to see
• 传 传 chuán: to pass on
• 传 传 zhuàn: biography
• 名 名 míng: name
• 经 经 jīng: classics
• 见 见 jiàn: to see
• 见 见 xiàn: to appear
• 不见经传 不见经传 bù jiàn jīng zhuàn: not found in the classics (idiom); unknown
• 经传 经传 jīng zhuàn: classic work (esp. Confucian classics)