roundness inside but squareness outside

roundness inside but squareness outside

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w à if à NGN è iyu á n, which means people are upright in appearance but smooth in heart. It comes from the biography of Zhi Yun in the later Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Outside: the appearance is angular and straight; inside: the heart is round and smooth. A person who is upright in appearance but smooth in heart.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Zhi Yun in the book of the later Han Dynasty, "the case is characterized by capital extension, greed and evil, foreign and internal members (circle), gang treachery, and no harm to others."