名不见经传

míng bù jiàn jīng zhuàn

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 名不见经传

不
bù

no; not so

不见
bù jiàn

not to see

传
chuán

to pass on

传
zhuàn

biography

名
míng

name

经
jīng

classics

见
jiàn

to see

见
xiàn

to appear

不见经传
bù jiàn jīng zhuàn

not found in the classics (idiom); unknown

经传
jīng zhuàn

classic work (esp. Confucian classics)