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叶公好龙【Yè Gōng hào lóng】

lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom)
fig. to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it
ostensible fondness of sth one really fears

汉语词典Chinese definitions

叶公好龙【yè gōng hào lóng, shè gōng hào lóng】

chéng yǔ成语

jiǎ zhuāng假装xǐ huan喜欢shí jì shàng实际上bù不xǐ huan喜欢huò或hài pà害怕de的dōng xī东西

zuǐ lǐ嘴里tiān tiān天天shuì说“huàn qǐ唤起mín zhòng民众”，mín zhòng民众qǐ lai起来le了yòu又hài pà害怕děi yào得要sǐ死，zhè这hé和Yè Gōng hào lóng叶公好龙yǒu有shén什Yāo幺liǎng yàng两样！

叶公好龙【Yè Gōng hào lóng】

lit. Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom)
fig. to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it
ostensible fondness of sth one really fears

汉语词典Chinese definitions

叶公好龙【yè gōng hào lóng, shè gōng hào lóng】

chéng yǔ成语

jiǎ zhuāng假装xǐ huan喜欢shí jì shàng实际上bù不xǐ huan喜欢huò或hài pà害怕de的dōng xī东西

zuǐ lǐ嘴里tiān tiān天天shuì说“huàn qǐ唤起mín zhòng民众”，mín zhòng民众qǐ lai起来le了yòu又hài pà害怕děi yào得要sǐ死，zhè这hé和Yè Gōng hào lóng叶公好龙yǒu有shén什Yāo幺liǎng yàng两样！

叶

HSK 4

含义to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf

拼音yè

公

HSK 21

含义fair, equitable; public; duke

拼音gōng

好

HSK 11

含义good, excellent, fine; well

拼音hǎo

龙

HSK 3

含义dragon; symbolic of emperor

拼音lóng