Secular people need gold as a link to make friends with each other. Gold is not used much, so friendship is naturally not deep. Even if he promised something temporarily, in fact, his heart was as cold as a passerby.
The reeds on the wall are top-heavy and shallow. Bamboo shoots in the mountains have a thick mouth and an empty stomach. -Jie Jin's "couplets" in the Ming Dynasty
How can reeds grow on the wall? Although the bamboo shoots in the mountains are sharp and thick, they are actually hollow. What is there to be proud of? Describe a person who is conceited, unpractical and partial to superficial things; Exaggerated and mean, but no knowledge and real kung fu in my stomach.
3. Honest people are magnanimous, while villains are compassionate. -Excerpted from the Analects of Confucius.
A gentleman is open-minded and calm. The villain is haggle over every ounce, be swayed by considerations of gain and loss.
It is difficult to draw a tiger, but people know its face but not its heart. -"The Zaju Kong Zhangmu's Kan Mo He Luo" Meng Yuan Han Qing
You can draw a tiger skin, but it is difficult to draw a bone directly from their skin; Metaphorically, you can know a person and what he looks like, but it is difficult to know what he is thinking. Some people do one thing in front and one thing in the back. It looks good on the surface, but in fact, they have been hurting you behind your back in some way.
5. Although it is not necessarily harmonious to laugh, it is not necessarily embarrassing to cry. When you say it orally, there will be thorns in your stomach. -Don Meng Jiao's "Choosing Friends"
Smile, but not necessarily happy, cry, but not necessarily sad. On the surface, behind-the-scenes relationships are prickly.