形同虚设 — Chinese idiom
形同虚设
xíng tóng xū shè
Traditional: 形同虛設
Meaning
- to exist in name only
- empty shell
- useless
Character by character
- 形xíngform, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
- 同tóngsame, similar; together with, alike
- 虚xūfalse; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
- 设shèto build, to design; to establish; to offer
Idioms sharing a character
- 原形毕露 yuán xíng bì lù
- 喜形于色 xǐ xíng yú sè
- 土木形骸 tǔ mù xíng hái
- 奇形怪状 qí xíng guài zhuàng
- 如影随形 rú yǐng suí xíng
- 形单影只 xíng dān yǐng zhī
- 形影相吊 xíng yǐng xiāng diào
- 形影相随 xíng yǐng xiāng suí
- 形迹可疑 xíng jì kě yí
- 彪形大汉 biāo xíng dà hàn
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