外宽内忌
wài​kuān​nèi​jì

magnanimous but jealous

  • created sense approved 外宽内忌/外寬內忌 · wài​kuān​nèi​jì · magnanimous but jealous — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    外宽内忌 / 外寬內忌

    wài​kuān​nèi​jì

    magnanimous but jealous

    to appear liberal and broad-minded on the outside while being jealous and suspicious on the inside; hypocritical

    外 (literal) → 外 · wài · outside 宽 (literal) → 宽/寬 · kuān · lenient 内 (literal) → 内/內 · nèi · heart 忌 (literal) → 忌 · jì · to envy

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

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