Human face and dog heart

Human face and dog heart

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R é NMI à ng à UX à n, which means people with beautiful appearance but low ability. It is said that man's face and beast's heart. It comes from Fu Lang Zai Ji in the book of Jin.

Analysis of Idioms

Human face and animal heart

Idiom usage

As predicate, object, attribute; refers to the conduct of people

The origin of Idioms

According to Fu Lang Zai Ji in the book of Jin, Lang said, "who is the official department for? It's not a man's face but a dog's heart. It's a dog's face but a man's heart. Is it a brother?" Wang Chen is ugly but wise, and his national treasure is beautiful but inferior to his younger brother's, so he is brilliant. "