空心萝卜

空心蘿蔔
kōngxīnluóbo
useless person

CEDICT

比喻虚有其表，实无内涵的人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 空心 kōngxīn
  1. hollow
  2. (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside
  3. (of a basketball) to swish through (not touching the hoop)
2 萝卜 luóbo radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon

classifiers: 個, 根

Related entries

无用之树 wúyòngzhīshù useless person (originally from Zhuangzi's "A Happy Excursion" 逍遥游)
废人 fèirén
  1. handicapped person
  2. useless person
废物 fèiwù
  1. rubbish; waste material
  2. useless person
那些一无是处的废物被炒了。

Those good-for-nothing layabouts were sacked.

Source: Tatoeba

菜包子 càibāozi
  1. steamed bun stuffed with vegetables
  2. (fig.) useless person
  3. a good-for-nothing