虚头巴脑

Traditional: 虛頭巴腦

xū tóu bā nǎo

Dictionary entry

(coll.) all show and no substance

What does 虚头巴脑 mean?

虚头巴脑 (xū tóu bā nǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(coll.) all show and no substance

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虚xūemptiness · void 头tóuhead · hair style 巴BāBa, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan) · the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality 脑nǎobrain · mind

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虚头巴脑

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