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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 外刚内柔

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
外刚内柔 wài gāng nèi róu - soft on the inside despite one's hard shell
- appearing tough on the outside as to mask one's inner vulnerability
- also written 內柔外剛|内柔外刚[nei4 rou2 wai4 gang1]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - - 57,042

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
外 wài- outside
- in addition
- foreign
- external
刚 gāng- hard
- firm
- strong
- just
- barely
- exactly
内 nèi- inside
- inner
- internal
- within
- interior
柔 róu- soft
- flexible
- supple
- yielding
- rho (Greek letter Ρρ)

Other Words Containing 外刚内柔

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo