华而不实 (華而不實) huá ér bù shí
huá ér bù shí
set phrase
flower but no fruit; handsome exterior but hollow inside; flashy
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '華而不實')
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- 卷三 Scroll 3 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷五十六 Scroll 56 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 楚語下 Discourses of Chu II Guoyu 國語 — count: 1
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- 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
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