S8E06 Looks can be deceiving

For the second time this season, we refer to Zuo Qiuming's "Chronicles of Zuo" for another good and useful chengyu. This one takes place in the Spring and Autumn Period and concerns a haughty self-important minister from Jin State stopping for the night at an inn in Ningyi (河南宁邑). He left quite an impression on the innkeeper there but when this simple innkeeper looked more closely at this official, he saw he was Huá Ér Bù Shí 华而不实. Enjoy this ancient story and learn a new Chinese Saying too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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S8E06 Looks can be deceiving is an episode from The Chinese Sayings Podcast by Laszlo Montgomery.

This episode is 07:44 long.

This episode was published on Sep 24, 2023.

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