外刚内柔
wài​gāng​nèi​róu

tough outside soft inside

  • created reference approved 外刚内柔/外剛內柔 → 内柔外刚/內柔外剛 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    外刚内柔 / 外剛內柔 wài​gāng​nèi​róu

    内柔外刚 / 內柔外剛 nèi​róu​wài​gāng

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 外刚内柔/外剛內柔 · wài​gāng​nèi​róu · tough outside soft inside — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    外刚内柔 / 外剛內柔

    wài​gāng​nèi​róu

    tough outside soft inside

    appearing tough or strong on the outside while being soft or vulnerable on the inside

    外 (literal) → 外 · wài · outside 刚 (literal) → 刚/剛 · gāng · resolute 内 (literal) → 内/內 · nèi · inside 柔 (literal) → 柔 · róu · gentle

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense