貌合神離

Chinese

		appearance	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	to leave; to depart; to go away to leave; to depart; to go away; from
trad. (貌合神離)		貌	合	神	離
simp. (貌合神离)		貌	合	神	离

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màohéshénlí

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄣˊ ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁶ hap⁶ san⁴ lei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màohéshénlí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄣˊ ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màohéshénlí
    • Wade–Giles: mao⁴-ho²-shên²-li²
    • Yale: màu-hé-shén-lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mawhershernli
    • Palladius: маохэшэньли (maoxɛšɛnʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵ ʂən³⁵ li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau⁶ hap⁶ san⁴ lei⁴
    • Yale: maauh hahp sàhn lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁶ hap⁹ san⁴ lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao⁶ heb⁶ sen⁴ léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²² hɐp̚² sɐn²¹ lei̯²¹/

Idiom

貌合神離

1. to appear united or intimate but in reality have different thoughts