兔丝燕麦
tù​sī​yàn​mài

to be in name only

  • created reference approved 兔丝燕麦/兔絲燕麥 → 有名无实/有名無實 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兔丝燕麦 / 兔絲燕麥 tù​sī​yàn​mài

    有名无实 / 有名無實 yǒu​míng​wú​shí

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 兔丝燕麦/兔絲燕麥 · tù​sī​yàn​mài · to be in name only — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兔丝燕麦 / 兔絲燕麥

    tù​sī​yàn​mài

    to be in name only

    (idiom) in name but not in reality; literally refers to the dodder (which has "silk" in its name but cannot be woven) and wild oats (which has "wheat" in its name but cannot be eaten)

    兔丝 (literal) → 兔丝/兔絲 · tù​sī · dodder 燕麦 (literal) → 燕麦/燕麥 · yàn​mài · oats

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

    created sense