Read Edit View history 外强中干 wàiqiángzhōnggān strong in appearance but weak in reality Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 外强中干 外強中乾 wàiqiángzhōnggān strong in appearance but weak in reality strong in appearance but weak in reality; appearing powerful but actually empty or hollow inside Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.299 per million Cross-References Variant of 外彊中乾 wàiqiángzhōnggānSynonym 色厉内荏 sèlìnèirěn虚有其表 xūyǒuqíbiǎo Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
外强中干 外強中乾 wàiqiángzhōnggān strong in appearance but weak in reality strong in appearance but weak in reality; appearing powerful but actually empty or hollow inside Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.299 per million Cross-References Variant of 外彊中乾 wàiqiángzhōnggānSynonym 色厉内荏 sèlìnèirěn虚有其表 xūyǒuqíbiǎo Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)