皮裡陽秋
pí​lǐ​yáng​qiū

to keep thoughts to oneself

  • created reference approved 皮里阳秋/皮裡陽秋 → 皮里春秋/皮裡春秋 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    皮里阳秋 / 皮裡陽秋 pí​lǐ​yáng​qiū

    皮里春秋 / 皮裡春秋 pí​lǐ​chūn​qiū

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 皮里阳秋/皮裡陽秋 · pí​lǐ​yáng​qiū · to keep thoughts to oneself — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    皮里阳秋 / 皮裡陽秋

    pí​lǐ​yáng​qiū

    to keep thoughts to oneself

    To hide one's true feelings or criticism beneath a neutral surface; from a historical taboo on the word [[春秋|春秋|chun1 qiu1]], it refers to having praise and blame in one's heart without speaking it aloud.

    皮 (literal) → 皮 · pí · surface 里 (literal) → 里/裡 · lǐ · inside 阳 (literal) → 阳/陽 · yáng · overt 秋 (literal) → 秋 · qiū · period

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

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