Show off stone as jade(xuàn shí wéi yù)

Show off stone as jade

Dazzle stone for jade, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xu à NSH í w é iy ù, which means to attract people with jade, but sell stones. Metaphors don't match what you say and do. It's from FA Yan Wen Wen.

Analysis of Idioms

Showing off jade and jade

The antonym is consistent in words and deeds

The origin of Idioms

Han Yangxiong's "Fa Yan · Wen Wen" says, "who dazzles jade and Jiashi, is it deceitful?"

Idiom usage

It refers to the difference between words and deeds.

Examples

It's also true that Gou seeks Wang Daocheng with a hegemonic heart. On the debate between the king and the overlord by Cheng Hao of Song Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : xuàn shí wéi yù