信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
Pinyin
Definition
信孚中外
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- to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 China
- 2 Chinese
- 3 surname Zhong
- 1 China
- 1 letter
- 2 mail
- 3 classifier: 封 fēng
- 4 to trust
- 5 to believe
- 6 to profess faith in
- 7 truthful
- 8 confidence
- 9 trust
- 10 at will
- 11 at random
- 1 information
- 2 news
- 3 message
- 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
- 2 surface
- 3 exterior
- 4 external appearance
Idioms (20)
一矢中的
- 1 to hit the target with a single shot
- 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一语中的
- 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
- 2 to say sth spot on
不孚众望
- 1 not living up to expectations (idiom)
- 2 failing to inspire confidence among people
- 3 unpopular
不足为外人道
- 1 no use to tell others
- 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
中箭落马
- 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
- 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)