名堂

míngtang

noun #11,665

Meanings

1 trick
2 something significant
3 worthwhile result
4 hidden meaning

Characters

hall; main room

Examples

这件事里面一定有名堂。

Zhè jiàn shì lǐmiàn yīdìng yǒu míngtang.

There must be something more to this than meets the eye.

他搞了半天也没搞出什么名堂。

Tā gǎo le bàntiān yě méi gǎo chū shénme míngtang.

He worked on it for a long time but didn't come up with anything worthwhile.

Tips

usage

名堂 is colloquial. 有名堂 means there's something fishy or noteworthy. 没什么名堂 means nothing came of it.

Stroke Order

名 míng

堂 táng