外圆内方 (外圓內方) wài yuán nèi fāng
wài yuán nèi fāng
set phrase
outside-flexible, inside-firm; velvet glove
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '外圓內方')
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- 卷一百四十三 志5: 禮志下 Volume 143: Treatises 5 Rites 2 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 1