Word: 叶公好龙 (yègōnghàolóng)

Traditional: 葉公好龍

叶公好龙 dictionary entry

yègōnghàolóng: lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom); fig. to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it; ostensible fondness of sth one really fears

Full dictionary entry for 叶公好龙

Example sentences using 叶公好龙

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你这样不是叶公好龙吗？

Nǐ zhèyàng bú shì Yè Gōnghàolóng ma?

Aren't you just pretending to love something you actually fear?
她对书法只是叶公好龙。

Tā duì shūfǎ zhǐshì Yè Gōnghàolóng.

Her professed love of calligraphy is only for show.