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口嫌體正直

简口嫌体正直 · 繁口嫌體正直

Mandarin · pinyin kǒu xián tǐ zhèng zhí

your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese)

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口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate
嫌: xián · hate, detest; suspect; criticize
體: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
正: zhèng · right, proper, correct
直: zhí · straight, erect, vertical
体: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior

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3–2–3–4–2 · kou3 xian2 ti3 zheng4 zhi2

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adj

(neologism, originally Taiwan Internet slang) dishonest in what one says but revealing their true intentions with how one acts

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