look fierce and talk boisterously

look fierce and talk boisterously

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is j í y á NL ì s è, which means to speak rashly and look stern. It describes the way you look when you are angry with someone. It comes from the biography of Liu Kuan in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] fierce voice and color [antonym] clever words and pleasant colors

The origin of Idioms

Liu Kuan's biography in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "although he was in a hurry, he didn't speak quickly."

Idiom usage

Example: Qingtang Zhixu's epitaph of emperor Qingtai's student Wu Xiu Yuan Gong (yuan Keli's great grandson): "enter the speech, make friends with others, give way, never speak harshly." Zou Taofen's experience: "I'm easy to ~, it seems to embarrass people, and I often regret afterwards." For this kind of students, I tend to feel embarrassed and regret afterwards. Experience: an interesting job by Zou Taofen