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金玉其外，败絮其中【jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng】

gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)

金玉其外，败絮其中【jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng】

gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)

金

HSK 32

含义gold; metals in general; money; Kangxi radical 167

拼音jīn

玉

HSK 44

含义jade, precious stone, gem

拼音yù

其

HSK 23

含义his, her, its, their; that

拼音qí

外

HSK 11

含义out, outside, external; foreign

拼音wài

败

HSK 4

含义be defeated, decline, fail

拼音bài

絮

HSK 7-95

含义waste cotton, raw silk or cotton

拼音xù

中

HSK 11

含义central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain

拼音zhōng