華而不實 huá ér bù shí

DEFINITIONS

  1. flower but no fruit (idiom); handsome exterior but hollow inside
  2. flashy

CHARACTERS

華 huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese
而 ér
HSK 3
and; and then; and yet; but
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
實 shí real, true, solid, honest