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表里

biǎo lǐ

2-character word Traditional 表裡

What 表里 means

1. the outside and the inside
2. one's outward show and inner thoughts
3. exterior and interior

The characters in 表里

• 表biǎoexterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion)
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside

Example sentences

• 他是个表里如一的人。
  Tā shì gè biǎo lǐ rú yī de rén.
  What he says always corresponds with what he does.

Words starting with 表里

• 表里不一biǎo lǐ bù yīoutside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems…
• 表里如一biǎo lǐ rú yīexternal appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); to say what one means…