decoration
ornament
display
The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more.
The new office block has become an expensive white elephant.

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Open the tool →摆设 (bǎi she) means “decoration, ornament, display”.
摆设 is pronounced bǎi she in Mandarin Chinese.
“decoration” is 摆设 (bǎi she) in Chinese.
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