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外刚内柔
wài​gāng​nèi​róu

tough yet gentle

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
外刚内柔 (外剛內柔) wài​gāng​nèi​róu
tough yet gentle
appearing tough or firm on the outside while being gentle or soft-hearted on the inside

Frequency

Written text
0.082 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 内柔外刚 nèi​róu​wài​gāng

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)