花拳绣腿

flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom) / highly embellished and ineffectual / fancy but impractical skills / all show and no go / pugilistic wankery

surname Hua

flower / blossom / CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4] / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful

old variant of 花[hua1]

variant of 花[hua1] / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3]

showy boxing of no practical use / see 花拳繡腿|花拳绣腿

fist / boxing

variant of 繡|绣[xiu4]

to embroider / embroidery

leg / CL:條|条[tiao2]

hip bone / old variant of 腿[tui3]