名存实亡

Traditional form:

名存實亡

Pinyin (reading):

míngcúnshíwáng

Definitions:

• the name remains, but the reality is gone (idiom)

Characters:

• 名 - name; position, rank, title
• 存 - to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit
• 实 - real, true; honest, sincere
• 亡 - death, destruction; to lose; to perish

Traditional characters:

• 名 - name; position, rank, title
• 存 - to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit
• 實 - real, true; honest, sincere
• 亡 - death, destruction; to lose; to perish