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名存实亡
 
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míng cún shí wáng
  • the name remains, but the reality is gone (idiom)

名存实亡 míng cún shí wáng

名存實亡
1 名义上还有,实际上已不存在。唐.韩愈〈处州孔子庙碑〉:「虽设博士弟子,或役于有司,名存实亡,失其所业。」《宋史.卷三○四.梁鼎传》:「五代兵革相继,礼法陵夷,顾惟考课之交,祇拘州县之辈,黜陟既异,名存实亡。」

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