察言观色 cháyánguānsè to read someone Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 察言观色 察言觀色 cháyánguānsè to read someone to weigh someone's words and observe their facial expression; to discern what someone is thinking from their tone and body language Frequency Written text 0.510 per million Cross-References Referenced by 观色 guānsèSynonym 见貌辨色 jiànmàobiànsè Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
察言观色 察言觀色 cháyánguānsè to read someone to weigh someone's words and observe their facial expression; to discern what someone is thinking from their tone and body language Frequency Written text 0.510 per million Cross-References Referenced by 观色 guānsèSynonym 见貌辨色 jiànmàobiànsè Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
