花被盖鸡笼子，外面好看里面空花被蓋雞籠子，外面好看裡面空花被蓋雞籠子，外面好看裏面空

covering a chicken coop with a flowery quilt: pretty outside, empty inside

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes something showy outside but empty within. Critical. Similar to 'all show and no substance'.

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Simplified: 花被盖鸡笼子，外面好看里面空
Traditional (Taiwan): 花被蓋雞籠子，外面好看裡面空
Traditional (Hong Kong): 花被蓋雞籠子，外面好看裏面空
Pinyin: huābèi gài jī lóngzi, wàimiàn hǎokàn lǐmiàn kōng
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄚㄅㄟˋ ㄍㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄌㄨㄥˊ ˙ㄗ，ㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄎㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄎㄨㄥ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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