Read Edit View history 华而不实 huá'érbùshí flashy and without substance Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 华而不实 華而不實 huá'érbùshí flashy and without substance literally meaning "flowers but no fruit"; used to describe something with a handsome exterior but hollow inside or someone who is superficially clever Frequency Movie subtitles 1.46 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.783 per million Cross-References Synonym 苗而不秀 miáo'érbùxiù秀而不实 xiù'érbùshíAntonym 朴实无华 pǔshíwúhuá Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
华而不实 華而不實 huá'érbùshí flashy and without substance literally meaning "flowers but no fruit"; used to describe something with a handsome exterior but hollow inside or someone who is superficially clever Frequency Movie subtitles 1.46 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.783 per million Cross-References Synonym 苗而不秀 miáo'érbùxiù秀而不实 xiù'érbùshíAntonym 朴实无华 pǔshíwúhuá Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)