kindly in appearance but unfathomable at heart(hòu mào shēn qíng)

kindly in appearance but unfathomable at heart

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ò um à OSH ē NQ í ng, which means good-looking and deep in his thoughts and feelings. It's from Zhuangzi · lie yukou.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] thick and deep words, thick and deep words and [antonym] happy

The origin of Idioms

"Zhuangzi · lie yukou" said: "people are thick-looking and affectionate, so they are willing to benefit from appearance, while others are not

Idiom usage

It refers to the kind-hearted appearance and the unpredictable heart. However, when the people and the puppets were in full swing, the change of the state of Wu was obvious in six to seven out of ten cases. Hai Rui's regulations on the rejuvenation of the revolution, criminal category and suspect prison of Ming Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : hòu mào shēn qíng