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表里不一

biǎo lǐ bù yī

4-character word Traditional 表裡不一

What 表里不一 means

1. outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems
2. saying one thing but meaning sth different

The characters in 表里不一

• 表biǎoexterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion)
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 一yīone; single; a (article)