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Simplfied Chinese
表里不一
Traditional Chinese
表裡不一
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
biǎo lǐ bù yī
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
biu2 leui5 bat1 yat1
Short definition not what it seems
Usage frequency Somewhat infrequent
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All available English definitions outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom)MDBG icon / not what it seemsMDBG icon / duplicityLDC icon / saying one thing but meaning sth differentMDBG icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: sameldc
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems; saying one thing but meaning sth different
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: duplicity
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: '
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