观色
guān​sè

to watch someone's expression

  • created reference approved 观色/觀色 → 察言观色/察言觀色 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    观色 / 觀色 guān​sè

    察言观色 / 察言觀色 chá​yán​guān​sè

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 观色/觀色 · guān​sè · to watch someone's expression — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    观色 / 觀色

    guān​sè

    to watch someone's expression

    to watch a person's facial expressions to gauge their mood or thoughts; often used in the phrase [[察言观色|察言觀色|cha2 yan2 guan1 se4]]

    观, 色

    观 (literal) → 观/觀 · guān · to look at 色 (literal) → 色 · sè · expression

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

    created sense