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)
- (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.

