浪得虚名

làng dé xū míng

Definitions

1. to have an undeserved reputation (idiom)

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Child Words of 浪得虚名

name

to obtain

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

to have to

wave

emptiness

false reputation