石蜡做的瓜果梨桃，中看不中吃石蠟做的瓜果梨桃，中看不中吃石蠟做的瓜果梨桃，中看不中吃

melons, fruit, pears and peaches made of paraffin wax: good to look at, not good to eat

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Looks good but is useless in practice. Said critically of showy things or people with no substance.

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Simplified: 石蜡做的瓜果梨桃，中看不中吃
Traditional (Taiwan): 石蠟做的瓜果梨桃，中看不中吃
Pinyin: shílà zuò de guāguǒ lí táo, zhōng kàn bù zhōng chī
Bopomofo: ㄕˊ ㄌㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄍㄨㄚㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄊㄠˊ，ㄓㄨㄥㄎㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄥㄔ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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