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表里如一

biǎo lǐ rú yī

4-character word Traditional 表裡如一

What 表里如一 means

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

The characters in 表里如一

• 表biǎoexterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion)
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 一yīone; single; a (article)

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.