金玉其外，敗絮其中

See also: 金玉其外，败絮其中

Chinese

		gold and jade; treasured thing; ornate object	outside; exterior; besides		worn cotton wool	in; among; therein
trad. (金玉其外，敗絮其中)		金玉	其外	，	敗絮	其中
simp. (金玉其外，败絮其中)		金玉	其外	，	败絮	其中

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnyù qíwài, bàixù qízhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄞˋ , ㄅㄞˋ ㄒㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ juk⁶ kei⁴ ngoi⁶, baai⁶ seoi⁵ kei⁴ zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnyù qíwài, bàixù qízhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨㄞˋ , ㄅㄞˋ ㄒㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinyù cíwài, bàisyù cíjhong
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-yü⁴ chʻi²-wai⁴, pai⁴-hsü⁴ chʻi²-chung¹
    • Yale: jīn-yù chí-wài-, bài-syù chí-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinyuh chyiway, bayshiuh chyijong
    • Palladius: цзиньюй цивай, байсюй цичжун (czinʹjuj civaj, bajsjuj cičžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ y⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕy⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ juk⁶ kei⁴ ngoi⁶, baai⁶ seoi⁵ kei⁴ zung¹
    • Yale: gām yuhk kèih ngoih, baaih séuih kèih jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ juk⁹ kei⁴ ngoi⁶, baai⁶ soey⁵ kei⁴ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ yug⁶ kéi⁴ ngoi⁶, bai⁶ sêu⁵ kéi⁴ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jʊk̚² kʰei̯²¹ ŋɔːi̯²² paːi̯²² sɵy̯¹³ kʰei̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

金玉其外，敗絮其中

1. (figurative) gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside; fly in the ointment; a sugarcoated bitter pill; fair without, foul within