口蜜腹劍
kǒu​mì​fù​jiàn

hypocritical and malicious

  • created sense approved 口蜜腹剑/口蜜腹劍 · kǒu​mì​fù​jiàn · hypocritical and malicious — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    口蜜腹剑 / 口蜜腹劍

    kǒu​mì​fù​jiàn

    hypocritical and malicious

    honeyed words but a sword in the belly; describes someone who is outwardly kind but inwardly sinister and treacherous

    口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · mouth 蜜 (literal) → 蜜 · mì · sweet; honeyed 腹 (literal) → 腹 · fù · abdomen 剑 (literal) → 剑/劍 · jiàn · sword

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense