A bit of wax
The Chinese idiom, Tu á NSH à Ji á ol à in pinyin, means that the sand can't be shaped and the wax can't be chewed; it means empty and tasteless. From shaobian.
The origin of Idioms
In Yuan Dynasty, Yang Lizhai's "Shao Bian" series: "the world is full of sand and wax, and you will be surprised when you are free."
Idiom usage
It is empty and tasteless
A bit of wax
put on one 's armour and take up armshuang - huàn jiǎ zhí bīng
Follow the flow and forget the rebellion - cóng liú wàng fǎn
a man should get married on coming of age - nán dà dāng qǔ
come one after another in succession - suí zhǒng ér zhì
flutter in the wind in the wind - yíng fēng zhāo zhǎn