炫玉贾石 — “Display jade and sell stone”
炫玉贾石 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to make a misleading display, boasting about something valuable but selling something inferior; to pass off something worthless as precious; to claim one thing but deliver another”. Literally, “display jade and sell stone”.
炫玉贾石 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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More idioms starting with 炫
- xuàn炫qí奇zhēng争shèng胜flaunt novelty, contend for victory
- xuàn炫qiǎo巧dòu斗yán妍vie in beauty or clever cleverness
- xuàn炫yì异zhēng争qí奇flaunt uniqueness and contend for novelty
- xuàn炫zhòu昼gǎo缟yè夜brilliantly white, conspicuous day and night
- xuàn炫yù玉qiú求shòu售flaunt talents to seek employment
- xuàn炫shí石wéi为yù玉pass off inferior goods as valuable
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What does 炫玉贾石 mean?
炫玉贾石 (xuàn yù gǔ shí) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to make a misleading display, boasting about something valuable but selling something inferior; to pass off something worthless as precious; to claim one thing but deliver another”.
How do you pronounce 炫玉贾石?
炫玉贾石 is pronounced xuàn yù gǔ shí in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 炫玉贾石 literally mean?
Literally, 炫玉贾石 means “display jade and sell stone”. It is used to mean “to make a misleading display, boasting about something valuable but selling something inferior; to pass off something worthless as precious; to claim one thing but deliver another”.
What is the Chinese definition of 炫玉贾石?
炫：夸耀；贾：卖。拿玉吸引人，卖出的却是石头。比喻说的和做的不相符合。