皮囊里装鸩酒，外面软，里面一肚子毒液皮囊里裝鴆酒，外面軟，裡面一肚子毒液皮囊里裝鴆酒，外面軟，裏面一肚子毒液

poisoned wine in a leather bag: soft outside, a bellyful of venom inside

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Describes someone who seems gentle and kind but is cruel and malicious inside. Critical.

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Simplified: 皮囊里装鸩酒，外面软，里面一肚子毒液
Traditional (Taiwan): 皮囊里裝鴆酒，外面軟，裡面一肚子毒液
Traditional (Hong Kong): 皮囊里裝鴆酒，外面軟，裏面一肚子毒液
Pinyin: pínáng li zhuāng zhènjiǔ, wàimiàn ruǎn, lǐmiàn yìdǔzi dúyè
Pinyin (Taiwan): pínáng lǐ zhuāng zhènjiǔ, wàimiàn ruǎn, lǐmiàn yìdǔzi dúyè
Bopomofo: ㄆㄧˊ ㄋㄤˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄓㄨㄤㄓㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ，ㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄨㄢˇ，ㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄧˋ ㄉㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄉㄨˊ ㄧㄝˋ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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