HSK 3 Chinese reading practice

叶公好龙

yè gōng hào lóng

Lord Ye Loves Dragons

A man fills his home with pictures of dragons, but a visit from a real dragon reveals what he truly loves.

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Loving the idea, not the reality

叶公好龙 describes someone who loudly claims to love something but fears or rejects the real thing. In the idiom, 好 is pronounced hào and means “to be fond of.”

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