名不見經傳

See also: 名不见经传

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	not; no	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview	Confucian classics and commentaries on them; classical works; classics
trad. (名不見經傳)		名	不	見	經傳
simp. (名不见经传)		名	不	见	经传
Literally: “one's name does not appear in classical works”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míng bù jiàn jīngzhuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄨㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míng bù jiàn jīngzhuàn [Phonetic: míng bú jiàn jīngzhuàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míng bù jiàn jingjhuàn
    • Wade–Giles: ming² pu⁴ chien⁴ ching¹-chuan⁴
    • Yale: míng bù jyàn jīng-jwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming bu jiann jingjuann
    • Palladius: мин бу цзянь цзинчжуань (min bu czjanʹ czinčžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵¹/

Idiom

名不見經傳

1. to be unknown; to be a no-name