beautiful in words but poor in contents(wén guò qí shí)

beautiful in words but poor in contents

The Chinese idiom pinyin is w é NGU ò Q í sh í, which means that the language is exaggerated and impractical. It comes from the biography of Feng Yan in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the second biography of Feng Yan in the book of the later Han Dynasty, it is said that "when Xianzong ascended the throne, many of his works were short and exaggerated, so they were abandoned at home."

Idiom usage

As a predicate or attribute; used in composition, etc

Chinese PinYin : wén guò qí shí