wài​qiáng​zhōng​gān

strong in appearance but weak in reality

  • created reference approved 外强中干/外強中乾 → 外彊中乾 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    外强中干 / 外強中乾 wài​qiáng​zhōng​gān

    外彊中乾 wài​qiáng​zhōng​gān

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  • created reference approved 外强中干/外強中乾 → 色厉内荏/色厲內荏 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    外强中干 / 外強中乾 wài​qiáng​zhōng​gān

    色厉内荏 / 色厲內荏 sè​lì​nèi​rěn

    synonym

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  • created reference approved 外强中干/外強中乾 → 虚有其表/虛有其表 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    外强中干 / 外強中乾 wài​qiáng​zhōng​gān

    虚有其表 / 虛有其表 xū​yǒu​qí​biǎo

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  • created sense approved 外强中干/外強中乾 · wài​qiáng​zhōng​gān · strong in appearance but weak in reality — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    外强中干 / 外強中乾

    wài​qiáng​zhōng​gān

    strong in appearance but weak in reality

    strong in appearance but weak in reality; appearing powerful but actually empty or hollow inside

    外 (literal) → 外 · wài · outside 强 (literal) → 强/強 · qiáng · strong 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · middle 干 (literal) → 干/乾 · gān · nominal

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

    created sense