名不见经传 míng bù jiàn jīng zhuàn

unknown (person); nobody

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 32973rd word

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)
见 jiàn HSK 1
to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
经 jīng HSK 2
abbr. for economics 经济jīng jì; to pass through
传 zhuàn HSK 4
to pass on; to spread; to transmit