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阉然
yān​rán

hiding one's true character to please others

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
阉然 閹然 yān​rán
hiding one's true character to please others
(literary) behaving in a hidden or sycophantic manner; hiding one's true character to please others (as used in Mencius to describe a hypocrite)