huā li hú shào

Traditional: 花裡胡哨

花里胡哨 (huā li hú shào) is a Chinese word meaning “gaudy; flashy (but without substance)”.

Meanings

  1. 1gaudy
  2. 2flashy (but without substance)

Characters in 花里胡哨

花huā · flower里lǐ · lining胡hú · non-Han people, esp. from central Asia哨shào · a whistle

Related words

里lining里li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m里surname Li里variant of 裡|里[li3]这里here这里variant of 這裡|这里[zhe4 li3]那里there; that place那里there; that place哪里where?哪里where?里面inside里面variant of 裡面|里面[li3 mian4]

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