表里如一

biǎolǐrúyī

Consistency between the inside and the outside, or between thoughts and deeds.

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【法】 animus et factum

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biao3 li3 ru2 yi1

external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); to say what one means, to think and act as one

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表里如一

biǎo lǐ rú yī

be the same outside and inside; conformity of profession and conduct; External appearance corresponds to inside.; one's deeds accord with one's words; one's inner and outer selves are in harmony; The external corresponds with the internal.; think and act in one and the same way; what one says and does corresponds with what is in one's mind

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表裡如一|表里如一 [biǎo lǐ rú yī] ► external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); to say what one means ► to think and act as one