iron hand in a velvet glove(wài gāng nèi róu)

iron hand in a velvet glove

It is a Chinese idiom, w à Ig à NGN è IR ó u in pinyin, which means strong in appearance but weak in Inner. It comes from the comments on the manglu of Neng Gai Zhai.

Analysis of Idioms

Soft inside and hard outside

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate, attribute, personality, etc

The origin of Idioms

In the Song Dynasty, Wu Zeng's comments on the history of Neng Gai Zhai, it is said that "since the war broke out, the generals were good at power, the military officials were meritorious, and they asked for mercy. It's humiliating to be proud and proud, tough on the outside and soft on the inside, and to be replaced by a superior and a subordinate

Chinese PinYin : wài gāng nèi róu