"金玉其外,敗絮其中" meaning in 漢語

See 金玉其外,敗絮其中 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ y⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /kɐm⁵⁵ jʊk̚² kʰei̯²¹ ŋɔːi̯²² paːi̯²² sɵy̯¹³ kʰei̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 金玉其外,败絮其中 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 形容外表美好而內質破敗 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-金玉其外,敗絮其中-zh-phrase-2vtgD7bj Categories (other): 有引文的文言文詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「中」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「其」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「外」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「敗」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「玉」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「絮」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「金」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
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      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
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      "name": "粵語俗語",
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
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  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "金玉其外,败絮其中",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "外表像金玉般華美,內裡卻盡是破棉絮",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "俗語",
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    {
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              126,
              150
            ]
          ],
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            [
              39,
              48
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "明.劉基《賣柑者言》",
          "roman": "Guān qí zuò gāotáng, qí dàmǎ, zuì chúnnóng ér yù féixiān zhě, shú bù wēiwēi hū kě wèi, hèhè hū kě xiàng yě; yòu hé wǎng ér bù jīnyùqíwài, bàixùqízhōng yě zāi!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "觀其坐高堂,騎大馬,醉醇醲而飫肥鮮者,孰不巍巍乎可畏,赫赫乎可象也;又何往而不金玉其外,敗絮其中也哉!"
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              48
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "明.劉基《賣柑者言》",
          "roman": "Guān qí zuò gāotáng, qí dàmǎ, zuì chúnnóng ér yù féixiān zhě, shú bù wēiwēi hū kě wèi, hèhè hū kě xiàng yě; yòu hé wǎng ér bù jīnyùqíwài, bàixùqízhōng yě zāi!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "观其坐高堂,骑大马,醉醇𬪩而饫肥鲜者,孰不巍巍乎可畏,赫赫乎可象也;又何往而不金玉其外,败絮其中也哉!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "形容外表美好而內質破敗"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jīnyù qíwài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàixù qízhōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˋ ㄒㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gam¹ juk⁶ kei⁴ ngoi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baai⁶ seoi⁵ kei⁴ zung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jīnyù qíwài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàixù qízhōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˋ ㄒㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jinyù cíwài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàisyù cíjhong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chin¹-yü⁴ chʻi²-wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pai⁴-hsü⁴ chʻi²-chung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jīn-yù chí-wài-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bài-syù chí-jūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jinyuh chyiway"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bayshiuh chyijong"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czinʹjuj civaj, bajsjuj cičžun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзиньюй цивай"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czinʹjuj civaj, bajsjuj cičžun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "байсюй цичжун"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ y⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gam¹ juk⁶ kei⁴ ngoi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baai⁶ seoi⁵ kei⁴ zung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gām yuhk kèih ngoih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baaih séuih kèih jūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gam¹ juk⁹ kei⁴ ngoi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baai⁶ soey⁵ kei⁴ dzung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gem¹ yug⁶ kéi⁴ ngoi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bai⁶ sêu⁵ kéi⁴ zung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐm⁵⁵ jʊk̚² kʰei̯²¹ ŋɔːi̯²² paːi̯²² sɵy̯¹³ kʰei̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "金玉其外,敗絮其中"
}
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  "categories": [
    "官話俗語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「中」的漢語詞",
    "帶「其」的漢語詞",
    "帶「外」的漢語詞",
    "帶「敗」的漢語詞",
    "帶「玉」的漢語詞",
    "帶「絮」的漢語詞",
    "帶「金」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語俗語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語俗語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "金玉其外,败絮其中",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "外表像金玉般華美,內裡卻盡是破棉絮",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "俗語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "有引文的文言文詞"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              126,
              150
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              39,
              48
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "明.劉基《賣柑者言》",
          "roman": "Guān qí zuò gāotáng, qí dàmǎ, zuì chúnnóng ér yù féixiān zhě, shú bù wēiwēi hū kě wèi, hèhè hū kě xiàng yě; yòu hé wǎng ér bù jīnyùqíwài, bàixùqízhōng yě zāi!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "觀其坐高堂,騎大馬,醉醇醲而飫肥鮮者,孰不巍巍乎可畏,赫赫乎可象也;又何往而不金玉其外,敗絮其中也哉!"
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        {
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              126,
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            [
              39,
              48
            ]
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          "ref": "明.劉基《賣柑者言》",
          "roman": "Guān qí zuò gāotáng, qí dàmǎ, zuì chúnnóng ér yù féixiān zhě, shú bù wēiwēi hū kě wèi, hèhè hū kě xiàng yě; yòu hé wǎng ér bù jīnyùqíwài, bàixùqízhōng yě zāi!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "观其坐高堂,骑大马,醉醇𬪩而饫肥鲜者,孰不巍巍乎可畏,赫赫乎可象也;又何往而不金玉其外,败絮其中也哉!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "形容外表美好而內質破敗"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jīnyù qíwài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàixù qízhōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˋ ㄒㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gam¹ juk⁶ kei⁴ ngoi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baai⁶ seoi⁵ kei⁴ zung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jīnyù qíwài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàixù qízhōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˋ ㄒㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jinyù cíwài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàisyù cíjhong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chin¹-yü⁴ chʻi²-wai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pai⁴-hsü⁴ chʻi²-chung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jīn-yù chí-wài-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bài-syù chí-jūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jinyuh chyiway"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bayshiuh chyijong"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czinʹjuj civaj, bajsjuj cičžun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзиньюй цивай"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czinʹjuj civaj, bajsjuj cičžun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "байсюй цичжун"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ y⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gam¹ juk⁶ kei⁴ ngoi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baai⁶ seoi⁵ kei⁴ zung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gām yuhk kèih ngoih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baaih séuih kèih jūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gam¹ juk⁹ kei⁴ ngoi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baai⁶ soey⁵ kei⁴ dzung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gem¹ yug⁶ kéi⁴ ngoi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bai⁶ sêu⁵ kéi⁴ zung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɐm⁵⁵ jʊk̚² kʰei̯²¹ ŋɔːi̯²² paːi̯²² sɵy̯¹³ kʰei̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "金玉其外,敗絮其中"
}

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