Chinese–English

花拳绣腿

huā quán xiù tuǐ · hua quan xiu tui

Traditional 花拳繡腿

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom)
  2. highly embellished and ineffectual
  3. fancy but impractical skills
  4. all show and no go
  5. pugilistic wankery
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