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Chinese
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name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place |
just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year |
to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word |
to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable |
| trad. (名正言順)
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名
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正
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言
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順
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| simp. (名正言顺)
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名
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正
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言
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顺
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| Literally: “legitimate name, smooth wording”.
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Etymology
Appeared in the Analects in the negative as 名不正，則言不順／名不正，则言不顺 (míng bù zhèng, zé yán bù shùn).
Pronunciation
Idiom
名正言順
- to be fitting and proper; to be perfectly justified or deserved
Descendants
Vietnamese
Idiom
名正言順
- chữ Hán form of danh chính ngôn thuận (“to be fitting and proper; to be perfectly justified or deserved”).