形同虚设
xíng​tóng​xū​shè

to exist in name only

  • created sense approved 形同虚设/形同虛設 · xíng​tóng​xū​shè · to exist in name only — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    形同虚设 / 形同虛設

    xíng​tóng​xū​shè

    to exist in name only

    to have the appearance of something without performing any actual function; an empty shell or a useless formality

    形同 (literal) → 形同 · xíng​tóng · to be like 虚设 (literal) → 虚设/虛設 · xū​shè · to exist in name only

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

    created sense