knowing sb by their reputation can't compare to meeting them in person (idiom)
trad. 聞名不如見面
Also written 聞名不如見面【wén míng bù rú jiàn miàn】
Characters in this word
6闻
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surname Wen
- Pinyin
- Wén
- Traditional
- 聞
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4042 of 2500
名
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name, noun (part of speech), place (e.g. among winners), famous, classifier for people
- Pinyin
- míng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1479 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
如
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as, as if, such as
- Pinyin
- rú
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1252 of 2500
见
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to see, to meet, to appear (to be sth), to interview, opinion, view
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Traditional
- 見
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 278 of 2500
面
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face, side, surface, aspect, top, classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
- Pinyin
- miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2052 of 2500