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叶公好龙 (葉公好龍)

Yè Gōng hào lóng

Definition

  1. (lit.) Lord Ye's passion for dragons (idiom)
  2. (fig.) to pretend to be fond of sth while actually fearing it
  3. ostensible fondness of sth one really fears

Character Decomposition

叶
=
口
+
十
公
=
八
+
厶
好
=
女
+
子
龙
=
尤
+
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