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美其名曰

Mandarin · pinyin měi qí míng yuē

Meanings

  1. to call by the glorified name of (idiom)
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美
měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
其
qí · his, her, its, their; that
名
míng · name, rank, title, position
曰
yuē · say; Kangxi radical 73
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3–2–2–1 · mei3 qi2 ming2 yue1

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mei5 kei4 ming4 joek6

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to call it by the fine-sounding name of

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