「金玉其外，敗絮其中」
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| Pronunciation： | gam1 juk6 kei4 ngoi6 baai6 seoi5 kei4 zung1 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
金 the Jin Dynasty; the metal element; golden (colour); money; wealth; metal in general 玉 jade 其 he; his; her; its; their 外 outside; outer; outward 敗 to defeat; to be defeated; to lose; to fail; to corrupt 絮 cotton wadding 其 he; his; her; its; their 中 centre; hit; middle; medium; intermediate; origin; focus; within; in the process of; in progress; post-verbal suffix; China; Chinese; secondary school; regular |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
all that glitters is not gold; literally: covered with jade and gold outside but containing rotten cotton within
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| Synonym： | Synonym： 好眉好貌生沙虱 |
| See also： | 好眉好貌生沙蝨 |
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