城府

Chinese

city walls; city; town prefecture; mansion
simp. and trad.
(城府)
anagram 府城

Pronunciation


Noun

城府

  1. (literary) city and government authorities protected by walls and moats
  2. (figurative, derogatory) one's (sophisticated and indecipherable) protection of one's own thoughts
    城府  ―  chéngfǔ hěn shēn  ―  to be a deep one; to be designing

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