中看不中用
zhòng​kàn​bù​zhòng​yòng

impressive-looking but useless

  • created sense approved 中看不中用 · zhòng​kàn​bù​zhòng​yòng · impressive-looking but useless — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    中看不中用

    zhòng​kàn​bù​zhòng​yòng

    impressive-looking but useless

    pleasant to look at but of no practical use

    中看 (literal) → 中看 · zhōng​kàn · pleasant to look at 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 中用 (literal) → 中用 · zhōng​yòng · useful

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense