华而不实 huá'érbùshí flashy and without substance Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 华而不实 華而不實 huá'érbùshí flashy and without substance literally meaning "flowers but no fruit"; used to describe something with a handsome exterior but hollow inside or someone who is superficially clever Frequency Movie subtitles 1.46 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.783 per million Cross-References Synonym 苗而不秀 miáo'érbùxiù秀而不实 xiù'érbùshíAntonym 朴实无华 pǔshíwúhuá Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
华而不实 華而不實 huá'érbùshí flashy and without substance literally meaning "flowers but no fruit"; used to describe something with a handsome exterior but hollow inside or someone who is superficially clever Frequency Movie subtitles 1.46 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.783 per million Cross-References Synonym 苗而不秀 miáo'érbùxiù秀而不实 xiù'érbùshíAntonym 朴实无华 pǔshíwúhuá Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
