miàn è xīn shàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to have a mean-looking face but a heart of gold (idiom)
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Original source entry:

面惡心善 面恶心善 [mian4 e4 xin1 shan4] /to have a mean-looking face but a heart of gold (idiom)/

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