苗而不秀
miáo'ér​bù​xiù

unfulfilled promise

  • created reference approved 苗而不秀 → 华而不实/華而不實 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苗而不秀 miáo'ér​bù​xiù

    华而不实 / 華而不實 huá'ér​bù​shí

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 苗而不秀 · miáo'ér​bù​xiù · unfulfilled promise — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    苗而不秀

    miáo'ér​bù​xiù

    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.

    miáo'ér​bú​xiù

    苗 (literal) → 苗 · miáo · seedling 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · but 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 秀 (literal) → 秀 · xiù · to bloom

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

    created sense