华而不实 — Chinese idiom
华而不实
huá ér bù shí
Traditional: 華而不實
Meaning
- flower but no fruit ; handsome exterior but hollow inside
- flashy
Character by character
- 华huáflowery; illustrious; Chinese
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 实shíreal, true; honest, sincere
Idioms sharing a character
- 似水年华 sì shuǐ nián huá
- 含英咀华 hán yīng jǔ huá
- 容华绝代 róng huá jué dài
- 才华出众 cái huá chū zhòng
- 才华盖世 cái huá gài shì
- 荣华富贵 róng huá fù guì
- 朴实无华 pǔ shí wú huá
- 华佗再世 Huà Tuó zài shì
- 华屋丘墟 huá wū qiū xū
- 豆蔻年华 dòu kòu nián huá
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