Read Edit View history 皮里阳秋 pílǐyángqiū to keep thoughts to oneself Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 皮里阳秋 皮裡陽秋 pílǐyángqiū 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 chūnqiū, it refers to having praise and blame in one's heart without speaking it aloud. Frequency Written text 0.016 per million Cross-References Same as 皮里春秋 pílǐchūnqiū Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
皮里阳秋 皮裡陽秋 pílǐyángqiū 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 chūnqiū, it refers to having praise and blame in one's heart without speaking it aloud. Frequency Written text 0.016 per million Cross-References Same as 皮里春秋 pílǐchūnqiū Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)