huā​quán​xiù​tuǐ

all show

花拳绣腿 (花拳繡腿) huā​quán​xiù​tuǐ
all show idiom
highly embellished and ineffectual; fancy but impractical skills or appearance that lacks substance.
showy boxing idiom
flowery fist and fancy footwork; superficial martial arts techniques that look impressive but lack practical combat power.

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0.152 per million

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Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)