The flowers are in vain
Fanhua is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f á nhu á s ǔ nzh ī, which means that the literary grace is too gorgeous, will damage the content of the article. It comes from Wenxindiaolong Quanfu.
The origin of Idioms
Liang Liuxie's "Wenxindiaolong · Quanfu" in the Southern Dynasty said, "however, the couple at the end of the period despised the origin. Although they read thousands of Fu, they were more confused about the essence of the poem. Therefore, they made the flowers grow worse, flattered the bones, and had no noble style. They should not be admonished."
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in composition, etc
The flowers are in vain
walk on hoar-frost and later on solid ice - lǚ shuāng jiān bīng