Entry
叶Yè公Gōng好hào龙lóng

  1. lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom); fig. to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it; ostensible fondness of sth one really fears

    trad. 葉公好龍

Also written 葉公好龍【Yè Gōng hào lóng】

Characters in this word

4
公
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public, collectively owned, common, international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar), make public, fair, just, Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], honorable (gentlemen), father-in-law, male (animal)

Pinyin
gōng
Strokes
4
Frequency
10647 of 2500
Words starting with 公Words ending in 公Anywhere in a word
好
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good, appropriate; proper, all right!, (before a verb) easy to, (before a verb) good to, (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so, (verb complement indicating completion), (of two people) close; on intimate terms, (after a form of address) hello

Pinyin
hǎo
Strokes
6
Frequency
11 of 2500
Words starting with 好Words ending in 好Anywhere in a word