华而不实

Traditional (Taiwan): 華而不實

huá'érbùshí ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ

    • flower but no fruit (idiom) handsome exterior but hollow inside
    • flashy

Character by character

Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms 近义词

Telling them apart

华而不实 stresses emptiness of content and often describes style or writing. 虚有其表 stresses a good-looking exterior that is useless in practice, and often describes a person's quality or a material.

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