花木瓜，空好看花木瓜，空好看花木瓜，空好看

a flowery papaya: good-looking for nothing

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Mocks something or someone that looks fine but is useless.
Wordplay: 空 (kōng) means 'hollow' (the fruit's flesh is empty) and 'merely, in vain' (looks good for nothing).

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Simplified: 花木瓜，空好看
Pinyin: huāmùguā, kōng hǎokàn
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄚㄇㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄚ，ㄎㄨㄥㄏㄠˇ ㄎㄢˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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