魚質龍文
yú​zhì​lóng​wén

fair on the outside but poor on the inside

  • created sense approved 鱼质龙文/魚質龍文 · yú​zhì​lóng​wén · fair on the outside but poor on the inside — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鱼质龙文 / 魚質龍文

    yú​zhì​lóng​wén

    fair on the outside but poor on the inside

    appearance of a dragon but the substance of a fish; describes an inferior thing with an impressive appearance that lacks real substance

    yú​zhí​lóng​wén

    鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish 质 (literal) → 质/質 · zhì · substance 龙文 (literal) → 龙文/龍文 · lóng​wén · dragon pattern

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

    created sense