徒具虚名: exist only in name; have an undeserved reputation
徒负虚名: enjoy an undeserved reputation; vainly possess an empty name; have a reputation unwarranted by real merits; have a name unworthy of it
糟鼻子不吃酒枉担虚名: have a bad reputation one doesn't deserve like a teetotaller with a red nose
Example Sentences:
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Seeking not fame , for we have veneration 不要虚名，我们已得到尊重。
2.
He finds that the job he has wanted for a long time is only the apple of sodom 他发现自己渴望已久的那份差事只是徒具虚名，让他空欢喜一场。
3.
I read the advertisement in one of the papers , and was tempted by the false title , a country house . 我在一家报纸上看到了一则广告，广告上说是一座乡村别墅，我就被那个虚名迷住了。 ”
4.
The finanical department exist in name only , due to the lack of necessary and correct guidance and attention from the factory 由于厂方对财务部门缺乏必要和正确的指导和重视，致使财务部图有虚名。
5.
Huang deliberately loses the fight . chit the kick breaks his leg and is discarded by chao . the huang father and son nurse him into good health 狮王大赛在即，黄决与鬼脚七联手出战，阻止武术界再为虚名而利欲薰心
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He was not rich , although the wealth of his family had passed into a proverb , and i heard the phrase very often , as rich as a spada 尽管我曾时常听人说象斯帕达那样富有但他本人并不富有，外面有此谣言所以他也就在一个富有的虚名下生活。
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That s why some people lose the battle , lose it to the ego , lose it to the outer beauty of the illusory world . some people even lose it just for their titles 这就是为什么有些人输了，输给我执，输给这个世界虚幻美丽的表象，有些人甚至输在虚名上。
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I have thought about her often over the years and how she struggled in a society that places an incredible premium on looks , class , wealth and all the other fineries of life 这些年我经常想起她，在这个以外表、地位和财富等虚名浮利挂帅的社会中她是怎样一路挺过来的呢？
