Read Edit View history Discussion 虚与委蛇 xūyǔwēiyí to feign civility Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 虚与委蛇 虛與委蛇 xūyǔwēiyí to feign civility (idiom) To pretend to be polite and interested while merely going through the motions; to deal with someone insincerely or perfunctorily. Frequency Written text 0.146 per million Cross-References See 敷衍 fūyǎnReferenced by 委蛇 wēiyí Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
虚与委蛇 虛與委蛇 xūyǔwēiyí to feign civility (idiom) To pretend to be polite and interested while merely going through the motions; to deal with someone insincerely or perfunctorily. Frequency Written text 0.146 per million Cross-References See 敷衍 fūyǎnReferenced by 委蛇 wēiyí Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)