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金玉其外，敗絮其中

简金玉其外，败絮其中 · 繁金玉其外，敗絮其中

Mandarin · pinyin jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng

gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)

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金: jīn · gold; metals in general; money; Kangxi radical 167
玉: yù · jade, precious stone, gem
其: qí · his, her, its, their; that
外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
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絮: xù · waste cotton, raw silk or cotton
中: zhōng · central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
败: bài · be defeated, decline, fail

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