An owl's heart and a crane's face(xiāo xīn hè mào)

An owl's heart and a crane's face

Xiao Xin He Mao, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi ā ox ī NH è m à o, which means that the heart is evil and the appearance is good. It's from "there are birds" by Yuan Zhen of Tang Dynasty.

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Zhen's poem "there are birds" in the Tang Dynasty (2): "there are birds and their feathers are like cranes. Although they walk late, they are evil in nature A thousand years of immortality with a tortoise, who feels like a hawk in the heart and a crane in the face? "

Idiom explanation

It refers to evil in heart and good in appearance.

Chinese PinYin : xiāo xīn hè mào