口是心非 meaning in Chinese
say yes and mean no; affirm with one's lips but deny in one's heart; be double-faced; consent outwardly but disagree inwardly; have two faces; outwardly agree but inwardly disagree; play a double game; carry fire in one hand and water in the other; say sth. with one's tongue in one's cheek; cry with eye and laugh with another; say one thing and mean another; the mouth specious and the mind perverse; though one speaks well, one's heart is false
Examples
- He is a person who says one thing and means another .
他是那种口是心非的人。 - The electorate is growing tired of his posturings
选民对他的口是心非逐渐生厌 - False friends are worse than open enemise
口是心非的朋友比公开的敌人更坏 - Zoe in sudden sulks . i hate a rotter that s insincere
佛然作色我就恨口是心非的无赖。 - But she could not keep up the duplicity
但她无法一直口是心非地装下去。