金玉其表，败絮其中
jīn​yù​qí​biǎo​bài​xù​qí​zhōng

fair without but foul within

  • created sense approved 金玉其表，败絮其中/金玉其表，敗絮其中 · jīn​yù​qí​biǎo​bài​xù​qí​zhōng · fair without but foul within — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    金玉其表，败絮其中 / 金玉其表，敗絮其中

    jīn​yù​qí​biǎo​bài​xù​qí​zhōng

    fair without but foul within

    (idiom) a gilded or beautiful exterior covering a rotten or ruined interior

    金玉 (literal) → 金玉 · jīn​yù · gold and jade 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 表 (bound) → 表 · biǎo · surface ， (non_chinese) 败絮 (literal) → 败絮/敗絮 · bài​xù · waste cotton 其中 (literal) → 其中 · qí​zhōng · among them

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

    created sense