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flowering but bearing no fruit; excellent in appearance but empty in substance

xiù ér bù shí

秀 而 不 实

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derogflowering but bearing no fruit; excellent in appearance but empty in substance
- miáo ér bù xiù zhě yǒu yǐ fū xiù ér bù shí zhě yǒu yǐ fū
  苗而不秀者有矣夫！秀而不实者有矣夫！
  There are, are there not, young plants that fail to produce blossoms, and blossoms that fail to produce fruit?
synonym
huá ér bù shí华而不实 xū yǒu qí biǎo虚有其表

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