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金玉其外 (gam1 juk6 kei4 ngoi6) — all that glitters is not gold; showy but useless; whited sepulchre in Cantonese

gamˉ¹金jukˍ₆玉keiˎ₄其ngoiˍ₆外
Mandarin Pinyin: jin1 yu4 qi2 wai4

Meaning of 金玉其外

nounall that glitters is not gold; showy but useless; whited sepulchre
nouncoated in gold and jade

Characters in 金玉其外

金gam1
a Chinese family name
玉juk6
jade; precious stone; gem
其kei4
used as rhetorical word to form a four-character expression
外ngoi6
outside; outer; external | [Ant] 內

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