花里胡哨
huāli-húshàoTraditional 花裡胡哨
garish; gaudy; showy but useless
Every meaning
huāli-húshào
- showy but useless
- garish; gaudy
Its characters
- 花huāflower; blossom
- 里li(used after a noun) in; inside (as in 家里)
- 胡hú(historical) non-Han peoples in the north and west
- 哨shàowhistle
Words with 花
Words with 里
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.