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花拳繡腿 (faa1 kyun4 sau3 teoi2) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

花拳繡腿 (faa1 kyun4 sau3 teoi2, huā quán xiù tuǐ) — flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom); highly embellished and ineffectual; fancy but impractical skills; all show and no go; pugilistic wankery

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 花么 (faa1 jiu1) — A term in Mahjong 'all terminals and honours hand'
• 花仔 (faa1 zai2) — page boy
• 花令紙 (faa1 ling6 zi2) — an arrest warrant
• 花假 (faa1 gaa2) — bogus; false; fake; sham
• 花冧 (faa1 lam1) — flower bud (spoken)
• 花利 (faa1 lei6) — interest and revenue from farm and land

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