閖槍头

閖槍頭

làqiāngtóu

idiom

Meanings

1 someone all show and no substance
2 a pewter spearhead that looks good but is useless

Characters

pewter (variant of 镴)

Examples

HSK 7-9

别看他说得天花乱坠，不过是个閖槍头。

Biékàn tā shuō de tiānhuā-luànzhuì, búguò shì ge làqiāngtóu.

Don't let his dazzling talk fool you - he's all flash and no substance.

HSK 7-9

这种閖槍头产品，样子好看却不耐用。

Zhè zhǒng làqiāngtóu chǎnpǐn, yàngzi hǎokàn què bú nàiyòng.

This kind of 'pewter spearhead' product looks great but doesn't hold up.

Tips

history

閖 is a variant of 镴 (pewter, a tin-lead alloy that looks like silver). The full saying 银样閖槍头 appears in 《西游记》 and 《红楼梦》 to mock things that glitter like silver but crumple on contact.

Stroke Order

閖 là

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