Lingaku- gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
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- gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside
This idiom refers to someone or something that appears attractive, impressive, or valuable on the outside but is worthless, deceiving, or poor on the inside. It is often used to criticize a false appearance or superficiality.
He seems very successful, but in reality, he is gilded on the outside, shabby on the inside.
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jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng金玉其外，败絮其中gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the insidewài biǎo外表guāng xiān光鲜，nèi lǐ内里bài huài败坏a shiny exterior but a corrupt interiorzhī只kān看biǎo miàn表面，bù zhī不知nèi qíng内情only looking at the surface, unaware of the true situationkōng空yǒu有qí其biǎo表having only an attractive appearancebiǎo lǐ bù yī表里不一inconsistent between appearance and realitywài qiáng zhōng gān外强中干strong on the outside but weak on the insidehuá ér bù shí华而不实showy but without substanceyī shān衣衫huá lì华丽，nèi xīn内心kōng xū空虚fancy attire but an empty heartbiǎo miàn表面měi lì美丽，nèi xīn内心fǔ xiǔ腐朽beautiful on the outside, decayed on the inside