華而不實

华而不实
huá'érbùshí

having a handsome exterior but hollow inside; flashy and without substance

Wiktionary

Homographs

華而不實 huáérbùshí
  1. flower but no fruit (idiom); handsome exterior but hollow inside
  2. flashy

Entry Composition

=1 華 Huá abbr. for China
=1 華 Huà
  1. Mount Hua 華山 Huà Shān in Shaanxi
  2. surname Hua
=1 華 huā
  1. old variant of 花 huā
  2. flower
=1 華 huá
  1. magnificent
  2. splendid
  3. flowery
=1 華 huà
  1. (～山) Mount Hua (a mountain in Shaanxi)
  2. Mount Hua (a mountain in Shaanxi)
  3. Original form of 樺／桦 (huà, “birch”).
  4. a surname
=1 華 kuā
  1. (archaic) intertwined; crisscrossing; irregular
  2. intertwined; crisscrossing; irregular
2 而 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
3 不實 bùshí untruthful; untrue