- 表里不一
- biǎolǐbùyīthink one way and act another* * *duplicity* * *duplicity* * *biǎo lǐ bù yīadj. double faced, hypocrite, hypocriticalbiǎo lǐ bù yīn. duplicity, hypocrisybiǎo lǐ bù yīv. think in one way and behave in another* * *biao3 li3 bu4 yi1outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems, saying one thing but meaning sth different* * *表里不一biǎo lǐ bù yīspeak and act in one way but actually aim at sth. quite different; have two faces; The outside and the inside are not in agreement.; think in one way and behave in another* * *表裡不一|表里不一 [biǎo lǐ bù yī] ► outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems ► saying one thing but meaning sth different
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.