Lingaku- lit. show strength while weak inside (idiom); appearing fierce while cowardly at heart
- a sheep in wolf's clothing
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- appearing fierce while cowardly at heart
This idiom describes someone who tries to appear strong or intimidating on the outside but is actually weak or timid on the inside, often used to refer to people who bluff or pretend to be brave.
tā他de的biǎo xiàn表现shí zài实在tài太sè色Lì厉nèi内rěn荏，ràng让rén人jué de觉得tā他gēn běn根本bù不jù bèi具备zhēn zhèng真正de的néng lì能力。
His performance is really just a facade; it makes people feel that he lacks true capability.
zhè ge这个tuán duì团队suī rán虽然kàn qǐ lai看起来qiáng dà强大，dàn但shí jì shàng实际上shì是sè lì nèi rěn色厉内荏，nèi bù内部wèn tí问题yán zhòng严重。
Although this team appears strong, it is actually just a facade and has serious internal issues.
Generated collocations (experimental)
sè lì nèi rěn色厉内荏to show strength while weak insidesè lì nèi rěn色厉内荏de的wěi zhuāng伪装the disguise of appearing fierce while being cowardlybiǎo xiàn表现sè lì nèi rěn色厉内荏to exhibit a fierce facade while being weak insidesè lì nèi rěn色厉内荏de的tài du态度an attitude of being fierce on the outside but timid insidesè lì nèi rěn色厉内荏de的qǐ yè企业a company that appears strong but is actually weaksè lì nèi rěn色厉内荏de的jué cè决策decisions that reflect a strong front but weak executionzài在wēi jī危机Zhōng中xiǎn shì显示sè lì nèi rěn色厉内荏to show a fierce front while being cowardly during a crisismiàn duì面对tiǎo zhàn挑战sè lì nèi rěn色厉内荏to appear strong in the face of challenges but lacking real strengthxíng xiàng形象sè lì nèi rěn色厉内荏an image that is fierce but lacks true substancesè lì nèi rěn色厉内荏de的xíng wéi行为actions that are fierce on the surface but show inner weakness