由表及裡 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 由表及里 yóubiǎojílǐ ㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄧˇ to proceed from the outside to the inside to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance Character by character 由(yóu)follow 表(biǎo)exterior surface 及(jí)and 裡(lǐ)lining A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0