开中药铺

开中药铺

Literally means:

run traditional Chinese medicine store

Actually means:

make a superficial summary in writing

A drugstore that sells traditional Chinese medicine pigeonholes medicine in different drawers and places name tags outside the drawers.

It figuratively refers to listing different elements in writing or speech just like the way the medicine is classified and given tags in a traditional Chinese medicine store lacking in insight because it touches upon only what is on the surface rather than the essence. Derogatory.

卖中药的商店，把品种繁多的药材一种一种地放在抽屉里，再在抽屉外面贴上写有药名的标签。

比喻写文章或讲话时，像中药店贴药名标签那样，列出了许多名目，却都是表面现象，不涉及实质内容，没有深度。具有贬义色彩。