strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
trad. 外強中乾
Also written 外強中乾【wài qiáng zhōng gān】
Characters in this word
4外
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outside, in addition, foreign, external
- Pinyin
- wài
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2016 of 2500
强
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surname Qiang
- Pinyin
- Qiáng
- Traditional
- 強
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 2485 of 2500
中
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(bound form) China; Chinese, surname Zhong
- Pinyin
- Zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 147 of 2500
干
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old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
- Pinyin
- gān
- Traditional
- 乹
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 340 of 2500