牆裡開花牆外香
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Chinese[edit]
wall | inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing |
wall | outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external |
fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular | |||
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trad. (牆裡開花牆外香/牆裏開花牆外香) | 牆 | 裡/裏 | 開花 | 牆 | 外 | 香 | |
simp. (墙里开花墙外香) | 墙 | 里 | 开花 | 墙 | 外 | 香 | |
Literally: “the flower blooms inside the walls, but smells good outside the walls”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
牆裡開花牆外香
- (figurative) not well-known inside the country but famous outside