中看不中用 in English zhong4 kan4 bu4 zhong4 yong4 Meaning

Meanings

  • impressive-looking but useless

Simplified Characters

中 看 不 中 用

Traditional Characters

中 看 不 中 用

Pinyin

zhong4 kan4 bu4 zhong4 yong4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

中zhong1China 看kan4to look after 不bu4(negative prefix) 中zhong1China 用yong4to use