油嘴滑舌
yóu​zuǐ​huá​shé

glib; smooth-tongued

  • created sense approved 油嘴滑舌 · yóu​zuǐ​huá​shé · glib; smooth-tongued — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    油嘴滑舌

    yóu​zuǐ​huá​shé

    glib; smooth-tongued

    smooth-tongued and oily-mouthed; describes someone who talks in a superficial, flippant, or overly clever way, often implying one is socially slippery or worldly-wise

    油 (literal) → 油 · yóu · glib 嘴 (literal) → 嘴 · zuǐ · speech 滑 (literal) → 滑 · huá · cunning 舌 (literal) → 舌 · shé · tongue

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

    created sense