名不見經傳 míng bù jiàn jīng zhuàn

unknown (person); nobody

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. unknown (person)
  2. 2. nobody
  3. 3. (lit.) name not encountered in the classics

Characters

Character Meaning
名 míng HSK 1
name; famous; place (e.g. among winners)
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
見 jiàn
to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
經 jīng
abbr. for economics 经济jīng jì; to pass through
傳 zhuàn
to pass on; to spread; to transmit