巧舌如簧
qiǎo​shé​rú​huáng

to be glib

  • created sense approved 巧舌如簧 · qiǎo​shé​rú​huáng · to be glib — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    巧舌如簧

    qiǎo​shé​rú​huáng

    to be glib

    lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument; fig. to be silver-tongued or smooth-talking, especially in a way that makes false words sound pleasant or convincing

    巧舌 (literal) → 巧舌 · qiǎo​shé · smooth-tongued 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 簧 (literal) → 簧 · huáng · reed

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

    created sense