巧言令色
qiǎo​yán​lìng​sè

to be glib and ingratiating

  • created sense approved 巧言令色 · qiǎo​yán​lìng​sè · to be glib and ingratiating — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    巧言令色

    qiǎo​yán​lìng​sè

    to be glib and ingratiating

    to use sweet talk and a fawning expression to flatter others; to be smooth-tongued but insincere

    巧言 (literal) → 巧言 · qiǎo​yán · deceitful talk 令色 (literal) → 令色 · lìng​sè · fawning look

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

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