Read Edit View history 画虎画皮难画骨 huàhǔhuàpínánhuàgǔ knowing the outside but not the inside Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 画虎画皮难画骨 huàhǔhuàpínánhuàgǔ knowing the outside but not the inside you can paint a tiger's skin but it is hard to paint the bones; it is easy to know a person's appearance but difficult to know their true character Frequency Written text 0.016 per million Cross-References Referenced by 知人知面不知心 zhīrénzhīmiànbùzhīxīn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
画虎画皮难画骨 huàhǔhuàpínánhuàgǔ knowing the outside but not the inside you can paint a tiger's skin but it is hard to paint the bones; it is easy to know a person's appearance but difficult to know their true character Frequency Written text 0.016 per million Cross-References Referenced by 知人知面不知心 zhīrénzhīmiànbùzhīxīn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)