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花拳绣腿

huā quán xiù tuǐ

Definitions

  1. 1. flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom)
  2. 2. highly embellished and ineffectual
  3. 3. fancy but impractical skills
  4. 4. all show and no go

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