虚有其表
xū​yǒu​qí​biǎo

looks impressive but worthless; kickshaw

  • created sense approved 虚有其表/虛有其表 · xū​yǒu​qí​biǎo · looks impressive but worthless; kickshaw — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    虚有其表 / 虛有其表

    xū​yǒu​qí​biǎo

    looks impressive but worthless; kickshaw

    (idiom) to have a fancy appearance but lack actual substance; to look better than it is; not as good as it looks

    虚 (literal) → 虚/虛 · xū · false 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · to have 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 表 (literal) → 表 · biǎo · surface

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

    created sense