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English translation for "外强中干"

[ wàiqiángzhōnggān ] 
be outwardly strong and inwardly weak; apparantly rich and successful, but actually in financial trouble; be fierce of visage and faint of heart; be outwardly strong but inwardly brittle; be strong in appearance but weak inside; be strong only in appearance but brittle inside; be strong without but feeble within; gild the pill; outwardly flourishing, inwardly dried up 短语和例子


Related Translations:
外强中干的东西:  an apple of sodom
一切反动派都是外强中干的纸老虎:  all reactionaries are paper tigers which look strong but are really weak
Example Sentences:
1.All reactionaries are paper tigers which look strong , but are really weak .
一切反动派都是外强中干的纸老虎。
2.He sought to obscure his lack of assurance by boisterousness, and his sense of latent inadequacy by occasional bullying .
他老是试图用吵吵嚷嚷的言词来掩饰他的缺乏自信,有时则靠吓唬人来掩饰他的外强中干
3.Norton , he ' s big and strong , but he ain ' t nothin '
诺顿,他又高又壮可惜是外强中干
4.Who is this king , but a king of air
哪一个君王不过是外强中干的空架子?
5.From the desperate city you go into desperate country , and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats
从绝望的城市走进绝望的乡村,你得表现出一种外强中干的勇敢之态,来勉强安慰自己。
6.Its leader , ichiro ozawa , an increasingly ineffectual bully who spent most of his career in the ldp , dismays younger reformists in his party
它的领导者小泽一郎愈加外强中干,他的大部分事业都是在为自民党效力,使得党内的年轻改革家忧心忡忡。
Similar Words:
"外墙外保温系统" English translation, "外墙镶面板" English translation, "外墙镶嵌大模壳" English translation, "外墙砖" English translation, "外强" English translation, "外强中干的, 色厉内荏的" English translation, "外强中干的东西" English translation, "外侨" English translation, "外侨, 侨民" English translation, "外侨,侨民" English translation