秀外慧中 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• good-looking and intelligent

Character by character

• 秀xiùelegant, graceful, refined; flowing, luxuriant
• 外wàiout, outside, external; foreign; in addition
• 慧huìbright, intelligent; intelligence
• 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target),

Idioms sharing a character

• 一枝独秀 yī zhī dú xiù
• 山明水秀 shān míng shuǐ xiù
• 山清水秀 shān qīng shuǐ xiù
• 后起之秀 hòu qǐ zhī xiù
• 秀色可餐 xiù sè kě cān
• 钟灵毓秀 zhōng líng yù xiù
• 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

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