花より団子

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[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	団	子

[edit] Proverb

花より団子 (hiragana はなよりだんご, romaji hana yori dango)

1. (idiomatic) substance over style, literally dumplings over flowers

[edit] Usage notes

Particularly often used more or less literally or in puns despite being a figure of speech.