Outwardly splendid but inwardly corrupt; fair without, foul within; beautiful on the outside but worthless or rotten on the inside.
这款手机虽然外观华丽，但性能却非常糟糕，完全是金玉其外，败絮其中，不值得购买。
Although this phone has a luxurious appearance, its performance is terrible; it is truly golden and jade on the outside but rotten floccules within, and not worth buying at all.
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Once upon a time, in Hangzhou, there was a fruit seller who was very skilled at preserving tangerines.
The tangerines he preserved looked golden and jade-like on the outside, but inside they were like rotten cotton floccules. A buyer accused him of deceiving people.
The seller replied that there were many deceivers in the world, including civil and military officials who did not serve the people. Were they not also 'golden and jade on the outside, but rotten floccules within'?
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