苗而不秀 miáo'érbùxiù unfulfilled promise Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 苗而不秀 miáo'érbùxiù unfulfilled promise A crop that grows but fails to flower or ear; used to describe someone with great natural talent or potential who fails to achieve anything or stops making progress. Frequency Written text 0.002 per million Cross-References Synonym 华而不实 huá'érbùshí Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
苗而不秀 miáo'érbùxiù unfulfilled promise A crop that grows but fails to flower or ear; used to describe someone with great natural talent or potential who fails to achieve anything or stops making progress. Frequency Written text 0.002 per million Cross-References Synonym 华而不实 huá'érbùshí Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
