察言觀色
chá​yán​guān​sè

to read someone

  • created sense approved 察言观色/察言觀色 · chá​yán​guān​sè · to read someone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    察言观色 / 察言觀色

    chá​yán​guān​sè

    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

    察 (literal) → 察 · chá · to examine 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · speech 观 (literal) → 观/觀 · guān · to look at 色 (literal) → 色 · sè · expression

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

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