师出无名 shī chū wú míng

to act without justification

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to act without justification
  2. 2. lit. to go to war without just cause (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
师 shī HSK 1
teacher; master; expert
出 chū HSK 1
to go out; to come out
无 wú HSK 4
not; no; not to have
名 míng HSK 1
name; famous; place (e.g. among winners)