绣花枕头里塞米糠，顾面不顾里繡花枕頭里塞米糠，顧面不顧里繡花枕頭里塞米糠，顧面不顧里

an embroidered pillow stuffed with rice bran: cares for the surface, not the inside

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Mocks people who only attend to appearances, not substance. Critical.

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Simplified: 绣花枕头里塞米糠，顾面不顾里
Traditional (Taiwan): 繡花枕頭里塞米糠，顧面不顧里
Pinyin: xiùhuāzhěntóu li sāi mǐkāng, gù miàn búgù lǐ
Pinyin (Taiwan): xiùhuāzhěntóu lǐ sāi mǐkāng, gù miàn búgù lǐ
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄚㄓㄣˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄙㄞㄇㄧˇ ㄎㄤ，ㄍㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄍㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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