It's hard to live up to a high reputation(míng gāo nán fù)

It's hard to live up to a high reputation

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is m í NGG ā on á NF ù, which means that it's difficult to match a famous name. It comes from the biography of Huang Qiong in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

Notes on Idioms

Deputy: proportionate.

The origin of Idioms

Huang Qiong's biography in the book of the later Han Dynasty says, "it's easy to be short of a piece of music, easy to pollute a piece of music, and it's hard to match a piece of music in spring."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and attributive. The song of "spring" is rare, but it is hard to match under the fame. " at that time, all the literati were under Shao, but they were not dignified, so they were not worthy of the title. The imperial court did not order them to leave the country. A biography of Xing Shao in northern history

Idiom story

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, hermit Huang Qiong didn't want to be an official by Emperor Shun of Han Dynasty. Li Gu wrote a letter to persuade him not to be an official and live in seclusion in the mountains like Chao Fu and Xu you. Don't be as famous as Lu Yang hermit Fan Ying. You should prove your ability by facts. As a result, Huang Qiong became Yilang in response to the imperial edict and made outstanding achievements. Soon afterwards, she was promoted to shangshuling and Taiwei.

Chinese PinYin : míng gāo nán fù