花拳繡腿

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Chinese

 
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
fist to embroider leg
trad. (花拳繡腿)
simp. (花拳绣腿)
Literally: “flowery fist with fancy footwork”.

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Idiom

花拳繡腿

  1. highly embellished and ineffectual; fancy but impractical skills; all show and no go; pugilistic