外强中干

strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)

Characters and words in 外强中干

wài = w + ai4
outside / in addition / foreign / external
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qiáng = qi + ang2
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jiàng = ji + ang4
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qiáng = qi + ang2
strong / powerful / better / slightly more than / vigorous / violent / best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]
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qiǎng = qi + ang3
to force / to compel / to strive / to make an effort
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jiàng = ji + ang4
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qiáng = qi + ang2
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qiǎng = qi + ang3
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zhōng = zhu + (e)ng1
China / Chinese / surname Zhong
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zhōng = zhu + (e)ng1
within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
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zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4
to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)
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gān = g + an1
old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
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gān = g + an1
gān = g + an1
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield
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gàn = g + an4
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed
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gān = g + an1
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
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