名不虚传
míng bù xū chuán
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 名不虛傳
To truly deserve one's reputation. Said after you see or try something famous and find it is as good as people say.
Tiếng tăm quả đúng như lời đồn. Thường nói sau khi tận mắt thấy hay tự mình thử một thứ nổi tiếng và thấy nó xứng đáng.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 061 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): etymology of “danh bất hư truyền” = 名不虛傳 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “danh bất hư truyền” (danh-bat-hu-truyen). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “名不虚传” mean?
To truly deserve one's reputation. Said after you see or try something famous and find it is as good as people say. Literally: the fame is not spread in vain
Is “名不虚传” formal or informal?
名不虚传 is generally neutral.