形同虚设
Traditional form:
形同虛設
Pinyin (reading):
xíngtóngxūshè
Definitions:
- to exist in name only
- empty shell
- useless (idiom)
Characters:
- 形 - form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
- 同 - same, similar; together with, alike
- 虚 - false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
- 设 - to build, to design; to establish; to offer
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