循名責實

Chinese

		to follow; to adhere to; to abide by	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	duty; responsibility; to reproach duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame	real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid
trad. (循名責實)		循	名	責	實
simp. (循名责实)		循	名	责	实

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúnmíngzéshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceon⁴ ming⁴ zaak³ sat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnmíngzéshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnmíngzéshíh
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-ming²-tsê²-shih²
    • Yale: syún-míng-dzé-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunmingtzershyr
    • Palladius: сюньминцзэши (sjunʹminczɛši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ miŋ³⁵ t͡sɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceon⁴ ming⁴ zaak³ sat⁶
    • Yale: chèuhn mìhng jaak saht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoen⁴ ming⁴ dzaak⁸ sat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cên⁴ ming⁴ zag³ sed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵn²¹ mɪŋ²¹ t͡saːk̚³ sɐt̚²/

Idiom

循名責實

1. to expect the reality to correspond to the name

   • 我們現在雖有中華民國之名，尚無中華民國之實，循名責實，這就是今天的工作。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们现在虽有中华民国之名，尚无中华民国之实，循名责实，这就是今天的工作。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wǒmen xiànzài suī yǒu Zhōnghuá Mínguó zhī míng, shàng wú Zhōnghuá Mínguó zhī shí, xúnmíngzéshí, zhè jiù shì jīntiān de gōngzuò. [Pinyin]

     Today we have a Republic of China in name but not in reality, and our present task is to create the reality that will fit the name.