金玉其表，败絮其中

jīn yù qí biǎo , bài xù qí zhōng

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1. gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)

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Child Words of 金玉其表，败絮其中

• 中 中 zhōng: within
• 中 中 zhòng: to hit (the mark)
• 其 其 qí: his
• 其中 其中 qí zhōng: among
• 败 败 bài: to defeat
• 玉 玉 yù: jade
• 表 表 biǎo: exterior surface
• 金 金 jīn: chemical element Au
• 败絮 败絮 bài xù: ruined
• 絮 絮 xù: cotton wadding
• 金玉 金玉 jīn yù: precious