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外强中干wài qiáng zhōng gānoutwardly strong but inwardly weak (/brittle); strong in appearance but weak in reality; strong without but feeble within;be fierce of visage and faint of heart; tough-looking outside but timid inside; a weakling putting on (/showing/presenting) a bold front
❍ 许云峰象在嘲讽，又象在挑引～的对方。(罗广斌、杨益言《红岩》161) His attitude seemed calculated to mock at and provoke the enemy whose bombastic exterior covered such fatal weaknesses.
❍ 他看了看～胆虚皮肉壮的马希山，……(曲波《林海雪原》484) He looked at the outwardly strong but inwardly weak Ma…/在人类历史上，凡属将要灭亡的反动势力，总是要向革命势力进行最后挣扎的，而有些革命的人们也往往在一个时期内被这种～的现象所迷惑，看不出敌人快要消灭，自己快要胜利的实质。(《毛泽东选集》840) Historically,all reactionary forces on the verge of extinction invariably conduct a lastdesperate struggle against the revolutionary forces,and some revolutionaries are apt to be deluded for atime by this phenomenon of outward strength but inner weakness,failing to grasp the essential fact that the enemy is nearing extinction while they themselves are approaching victory. 外强中干strong in appearance but weak in reality;outwardly strong but inwardly weak
帝国主义是～的纸老虎。Imperialism is a paper tiger,outwardly strong but inwardly weak. 外强中干wài qiánɡ zhōnɡ ɡān干：枯竭。泛指外表强大，内部虚弱。an apple of Sodom, strong in appearance but weak in reality, tough without but bittle within, foreign aggression and disturbance internal |