秀而不实[xiù ér bù shí]
词典put forth flowers but bear no fruit：秀而不实。
词典flowering but fruitless：秀而不实。
秀而不实[xiù ér bù shí]
put forth flowers but bear no fruit; flowering but fruitless
1. 苗而不秀者有矣夫！秀而不实者有矣夫！（《论语》）
There are, are there not, young plants that fail to produce blossoms, and blossoms that fail to produce fruit?