表裡不一

Chinese

		outside and inside; exterior and interior; one's outward show and inner thoughts	varying; differing; different varying; differing; different; not uniform; to vary; to differ
trad. (表裡不一/表裏不一)		表裡/表裏	不一
simp. (表里不一)		表里	不一

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎolǐbùyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): biu² leoi⁵ bat¹ jat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎolǐbùyī [Phonetic: biáolǐbùyī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎolǐbùyi
    • Wade–Giles: piao³-li³-pu⁴-i¹
    • Yale: byǎu-lǐ-bù-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beauliibui
    • Palladius: бяолибуи (bjaolibui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: biu² leoi⁵ bat¹ jat¹
    • Yale: bíu léuih bāt yāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: biu² loey⁵ bat⁷ jat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: biu² lêu⁵ bed¹ yed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯³⁵ lɵy̯¹³ pɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

表裡不一

1. to think in one way but speak and act in another; to be two-faced

Antonyms

• 表裡如一／表裏如一／表里如一 (biǎolǐrúyī)
• 表裡一致／表裏一致／表里一致 (biǎolǐ yīzhì)