金玉其外，败絮其中

See also: 金玉其外，敗絮其中

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 金玉其外，败絮其中 – see 金玉其外，敗絮其中 (“gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside; fly in the ointment; a sugarcoated bitter pill; fair without, foul within”). (This term, 金玉其外，败絮其中, is the simplified form of 金玉其外，敗絮其中.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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