美其名曰 měi qí míng yuē

to call by the glorified name of (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 51057th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to call by the glorified name of (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
美 měi HSK 4
beautiful; USA; abbr. for 美国měi guó
其 qí HSK 3
its; their; it (refers to sth preceding it)
名 míng HSK 1
name; famous; place (e.g. among winners)
曰 yuē
to say; to speak