外明不知里暗外明不知里暗外明不知里暗

outside bright, you don't know inside dark

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Outsiders see only a respectable front and don't know how bad things are inside. Said of a family, firm or group that looks fine but is troubled.

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Simplified: 外明不知里暗
Pinyin: wài míng bùzhī lǐ àn
Bopomofo: ㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄌㄧˇ ㄢˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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