Dictionary/名不副实

名不副实 名不副實

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ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄕˊ
Idiom
1Reality does not live up to the name.
2Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.
3the name does not reflect the reality (idiom); more in name than in fact

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