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Character combinations make words; words evolve into idioms. Learn 「質非文是」 today with this free Chinese resource.

We’re presenting the idiom 「質非文是」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

It has only a beautiful appearance but no corresponding substance.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhì fēi wén shì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jat1 fei1 man4 si6

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