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阉然
yān​rán

hiding one's true character to please others

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阉然/ 閹然 yān​rán hiding one's true character to please others

(literary) behaving in a hidden or sycophantic manner; hiding one's true character to please others (as used in Mencius to describe a hypocrite)

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