外宽内忌 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• magnanimous on the outside, but hateful on the inside

Character by character

• 外wàiout, outside, external; foreign; in addition
• 宽kuānbroad, spacious, vast, wide
• 内nèiinside
• 忌jìjealous, envious; to fear; to shun

Idioms sharing a character

• 九霄云外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài
• 付之度外 fù zhī dù wài
• 内忧外困 nèi yōu wài kùn
• 内忧外患 nèi yōu wài huàn
• 出乎意外 chū hū yì wài
• 出人意外 chū rén yì wài
• 古今中外 gǔ jīn zhōng wài
• 吃里扒外 chī lǐ pá wài
• 喜出望外 xǐ chū wàng wài
• 外圆内方 wài yuán nèi fāng

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