其貌不扬 — Chinese idiom
其貌不扬
qí mào bù yáng
Traditional: 其貌不揚
Meaning
- nothing special to look at
- unprepossessing
Character by character
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 貌màocountenance, appearance
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 扬yángto flutter, to wave; to hoist, to raise; to praise
Idioms sharing a character
- 三缄其口 sān jiān qí kǒu
- 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu
- 不胜其苦 bù shèng qí kǔ
- 不厌其烦 bù yàn qí fán
- 不安其室 bù ān qí shì
- 不计其数 bù jì qí shù
- 人如其名 rén rú qí míng
- 任其自然 rèn qí zì rán
- 两全其美 liǎng quán qí měi
- 出其不意 chū qí bù yì
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