表里不一

Traditional form:

表裡不一

Pinyin (reading):

biǎolǐbùyī

Definitions:

• outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems
• saying one thing but meaning sth different

Characters:

• 表 - to show, to express, to display; outside, appearance; a watch
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 一 - one; a, an; alone

Traditional characters:

• 表 - to show, to express, to display; outside, appearance; a watch
• 裡 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 一 - one; a, an; alone