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金玉其外,败絮其中 meaning in English

the outside is good jade but the inside is only rotten materials -- a dandy but deceitful appearance.; a person with good looks but empty-minded; a rotten interior beneath a fine exterior; all is not gold that glitters.; all that glitters is not gold.; fair without, foul within; nice-looking rubbish; rubbish coated in gold and jade

Examples

  1. Next to america , all this looks pretty feeble
    步美国后尘,其实是金玉其外,败絮其中
  2. He s such a bounder underneath his veneer . just waiting to bounce us
    “他是个金玉其外,败絮其中的家伙他时时准备着向我们攻击。 ”

Related Words

  1. 败絮其中
  2. 金玉奴棒打薄情郎
  3. 金玉其外,败絮其中
  4. 金玉泉
  5. 金玉石
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