外圓內方 Save Create a free account to save words Simplified: 外圆内方 wàiyuánnèifāng ㄨㄞˋ ㄩㄢˊ ㄋㄟˋ ㄈㄤ 男 女 lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom) fig. velvet glove Character by character 外(wài)outside 圓(yuán)circle 內(nèi)inside 方(fāng)square Sign up for a free account to save words and review them A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0