心口不一
心口不一
xīn kǒu bù yī
heart and mouth at variance (idiom); keeping one's real intentions to oneself; saying one thing but meaning sth different
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- (idiom) heart and mouth at variance (idiom); keeping one's real intentions to oneself
- saying one thing but meaning sth different
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Related Words
一传十，十传百(yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi)— news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
→表里不一(biǎo lǐ bù yī)— outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems
→言不由衷(yán bù yóu zhōng)— to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek
→一心一德(yī xīn yī dé)— of one heart and one mind (idiom)
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