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巧言令色
巧言令色
to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
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He is cunning in speech and manipulative in appearance, and cannot be trusted.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; man)RADICAL
- 令(command; order)ASSOCIATIVE
A person kneeling to receive a command from above illustrates the character for order or decree.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺈(knife; variant form)ASSOCIATIVE
- 巴(long for; cling to; stick tight)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Beauty as sharp as a keen blade makes people stick fast and unable to look away.
巧言令色
Traditional巧
to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
- ，。
He is cunning in speech and manipulative in appearance, and cannot be trusted.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; man)RADICAL
- 令(command; order)ASSOCIATIVE
A person kneeling to receive a command from above illustrates the character for order or decree.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺈(knife; variant form)ASSOCIATIVE
- 巴(long for; cling to; stick tight)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Beauty as sharp as a keen blade makes people stick fast and unable to look away.
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