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

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

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)

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