{"path":"/entry/91295","title":"色厉内荏 / 色厲內荏 (sè lì nèi rěn) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"色厉内荏 / 色厲內荏 (sè lì nèi rěn): literally show strength while weak inside (idiom) · appearing fierce while cowardly at heart. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":91295,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["色厉内荏"],"TRADITIONAL":["色厲內荏"]}},"phonetic":"sè lì nèi rěn","phoneticKey":"se4 li4 nei4 ren3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally show strength while weak inside ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"appearing fierce while cowardly at heart","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"a sheep in wolf's clothing","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Analects, Book 17 (《論語·陽貨》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"子曰：「色厉而内荏，譬诸小人，其犹穿窬之盗也与？」","traditional":"子曰：「色厲而內荏，譬諸小人，其猶穿窬之盜也與？」"},"phonetic":"Zǐyuē: “Sè lì ér nèi rěn, pì zhū xiǎorén, qí yóu chuān yú zhī dào yě yú?”","english":"The Master said, \"He who puts on an appearance of stern firmness, while inwardly he is weak, is like one of the small, mean people - yea, is he not like the thief who breaks through, or climbs over, a wall?\"","ref":"The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}