花拳繡腿
huā​quán​xiù​tuǐ

showy but impractical

  • created sense approved 花拳绣腿/花拳繡腿 · huā​quán​xiù​tuǐ · showy but impractical — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    花拳绣腿 / 花拳繡腿

    huā​quán​xiù​tuǐ

    showy but impractical

    (idiom) showy but impractical martial arts; any display or skill that is highly embellished but ineffectual or lacks real substance

    花拳 (literal) → 花拳 · huā​quán · showy martial arts 绣 (literal) → 绣/繡 · xiù · embroidered 腿 (literal) → 腿 · tuǐ · leg

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

    created sense