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金玉其外，败絮其中

jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng

9-character word Traditional 金玉其外，敗絮其中

What 金玉其外，败絮其中 means

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

The characters in 金玉其外，败絮其中

• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
• 玉yùjade
• 其qíhis; her; its
• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign
• 败bàito defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)
• 絮xùcotton wadding; fig. padding; long-winded
• 其qíhis; her; its
• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during