velvet glove(wài yuán nèi fāng)

velvet glove

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is w à iyu á NN è if à ng, which means people are easygoing on the surface and upright in the heart. It comes from the biography of Zhi Yun in the later Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Round: smooth; square: square, upright.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Zhiyun in the book of the later Han Dynasty by Fan Ye in the Southern Dynasty, it is said that "the case extends the capital, the nature is greedy and evil, the external and internal aspects are good, the clique constructs the traitors, and the upper harm is ignored."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] Mian Li Cang Zhen, Wai Rou Nei Gang [antonym] Wai Fang Nei yuan

Idiom usage

It's a combination; it's predicate and object; it's commendatory. Example: Ms. Jing often wants to learn from the sophistication of Hui, and to learn from Ms. Wang. She is easygoing and opinionated. Mao Dun's disillusionment

Chinese PinYin : wài yuán nèi fāng