花拳绣腿

Traditional: 花拳繡腿

huā quán xiù tuǐ

Dictionary entry

flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom)

What does 花拳绣腿 mean?

花拳绣腿 (huā quán xiù tuǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom)

2highly embellished and ineffectual

3fancy but impractical skills

4all show and no go

5pugilistic wankery

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花Huāsurname Hua 拳quánfist · boxing 绣xiùvariant of 繡|绣[xiu4]腿tuǐleg · CL:條|条[tiao2]

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花拳绣腿

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