jiàn​mào​biàn​sè

to read the room

  • created reference approved 见貌辨色/見貌辨色 → 察言观色/察言觀色 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    见貌辨色 / 見貌辨色 jiàn​mào​biàn​sè

    察言观色 / 察言觀色 chá​yán​guān​sè

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 见貌辨色/見貌辨色 → 随机应变/隨機應變 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    见貌辨色 / 見貌辨色 jiàn​mào​biàn​sè

    随机应变 / 隨機應變 suí​jī​yìng​biàn

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 见貌辨色/見貌辨色 · jiàn​mào​biàn​sè · to read the room — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    见貌辨色 / 見貌辨色

    jiàn​mào​biàn​sè

    to read the room

    To be quick at judging people's moods or intentions from their expressions and to act accordingly; quick to see which way the wind blows

    见 (literal) → 见/見 · jiàn · to see 貌 (literal) → 貌 · mào · facial features 辨 (literal) → 辨 · biàn · to distinguish 色 (literal) → 色 · sè · expression

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

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