gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
trad. 金玉其表，敗絮其中
Also written 金玉其表，敗絮其中【jīn yù qí biǎo , bài xù qí zhōng】
Characters in this word
7金
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surname Jin, surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
- Pinyin
- Jīn
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1377 of 2500
玉
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jade
- Pinyin
- yù
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 12826 of 2500
其
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his, her, its, their, that, such, it (refers to sth preceding it)
- Pinyin
- qí
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1145 of 2500
表
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exterior surface, family relationship via females, to show (one's opinion), a model, a table (listing information), a form, a meter (measuring sth)
- Pinyin
- biǎo
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4536 of 2500
败
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to defeat, to damage, to lose (to an opponent), to fail, to wither
- Pinyin
- bài
- Traditional
- 敗
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 24234 of 2500
絮
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cotton wadding, fig. padding, long-winded
- Pinyin
- xù
- Strokes
- 12
中
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(bound form) China; Chinese, surname Zhong
- Pinyin
- Zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 147 of 2500