created sense approved 见人说人话，见鬼说鬼话/見人說人話，見鬼說鬼話 · jiànrénshuōrénhuàjiànguǐshuōguǐhuà · to adapt to the situation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
见人说人话，见鬼说鬼话 / 見人說人話，見鬼說鬼話
jiànrénshuōrénhuàjiànguǐshuōguǐhuà
to adapt to the situation
To be flexible and adapt one's speech or behavior according to the person or situation
见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to meet 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to say 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 话 (literal) → 话/話 · huà · speech ， (non_chinese) 见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to meet 鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost 说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to say 鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost 话 (literal) → 话/話 · huà · speech
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 见人说人话，见鬼说鬼话/見人說人話，見鬼說鬼話 · jiànrénshuōrénhuàjiànguǐshuōguǐhuà · to be two-faced — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
见人说人话，见鬼说鬼话 / 見人說人話，見鬼說鬼話
jiànrénshuōrénhuàjiànguǐshuōguǐhuà
to be two-faced
(derogatory) To be insincere or slippery by changing one's story depending on the audience
见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to meet 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to say 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 话 (literal) → 话/話 · huà · speech ， (non_chinese) 见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to meet 鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost 说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to say 鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost 话 (literal) → 话/話 · huà · speech
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition