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阳奉阴违
yáng fèng yīn wéi
What 阳奉阴违 means
- outward devotion but inner opposition (idiom); to pay lip service
- to agree overtly, but oppose in secret
The characters in 阳奉阴违
- 阳yángpositive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism)
- 奉fèngto offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem
- 阴yīnovercast (weather); cloudy; shady
- 违wéito disobey; to violate; to separate
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