xíng tóng xū shèdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to exist in name only / empty shell / useless (idiom)
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Original source entry:

形同虛設 形同虚设 [xing2 tong2 xu1 she4] /to exist in name only/empty shell/useless (idiom)/

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