言不由衷 Save Sign in to save words yánbùyóuzhōng ㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨㄥ to say sth without meaning it (idiom) to speak tongue in cheek saying one thing but meaning sth different Character by character 言(yán)words 不(bù)no 由(yóu)follow 衷(zhōng)inner feelings A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0