outwardly strong but inwardly weak

outwardly strong but inwardly weak

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w à IQI á ngzh à NGJ í, which means that the appearance seems very strong, but in fact it is very weak. It's from "golden pot, langmo, British soldiers.".

The origin of Idioms

In Huang junzai's "golden pot, langmo, British soldiers" in the Qing Dynasty, it is said that "the British and the Russians are at war with each other, and the Russian side is fighting for India over the British, building up its army through years of accumulation, making it strong while weak."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive.