表裡如一 biǎo lǐ rú yī

DEFINITIONS

  1. external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); to say what one means
  2. to think and act as one

CHARACTERS

表 biǎo
HSK 2
show, express, manifest, display
裡 lǐ inside, interior, within
如 rú
HSK 3
if, supposing; as if; like, as
一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone