表面工夫
biǎo​miàn​gōng​fu

superficial work

  • created sense approved 表面工夫 · biǎo​miàn​gōng​fu · superficial work — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    表面工夫

    biǎo​miàn​gōng​fu

    superficial work

    Actions done just for show to make something look good on the surface while lacking real substance; window dressing.

    biǎo​miàn​gōng​fū

    表面 (literal) → 表面 · biǎo​miàn · appearance 工夫 (literal) → 工夫 · gōng​fu · effort

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

    created sense