面恶心善 — Chinese idiom
面恶心善
miàn è xīn shàn
Traditional: 面惡心善
Meaning
- to have a mean-looking face but a heart of gold
Character by character
- 面miànface; surface, side; plane, dimension
- 恶èbad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; foul, nause
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 善shàngood, virtuous, charitable, kind
Idioms sharing a character
- 一面之缘 yī miàn zhī yuán
- 人面兽心 rén miàn shòu xīn
- 以泪洗面 yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
- 两面三刀 liǎng miàn sān dāo
- 别开生面 bié kāi shēng miàn
- 唾面自干 tuò miàn zì gān
- 四面八方 sì miàn bā fāng
- 四面楚歌 sì miàn Chǔ gē
- 掩面而泣 yǎn miàn ér qì
- 改头换面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn
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