花拳绣腿

wǒ men cóng zhōng guó nà r jiè le duō shao qián lái gǎo zhè ge huā quán xiù tuǐ de jūn yǎn

我们从中国那儿借了多少钱，来搞这个花拳绣腿的军演？

How much money did we borrow from China for this fancy drill?

huā quán xiù tuǐ de jì shù shì yú shì wú bǔ de gù shi qíng jié zài diàn nǎo dòng huà zhōng yě qǐ zhe jǔ zú qīng zhòng de zuò yòng

花拳绣腿的技术是于事无补的，故事情节在电脑动画中也起着举足轻重的作用。

Fancy technology was not enough, and story-telling was just vital to computer animation.