如簧之舌

rú huáng zhī shé

Dictionary entry

lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom)

What does 如簧之舌 mean?

如簧之舌 (rú huáng zhī shé) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom)

2fig. a glib tongue

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如rúas · as if 簧huángreed (of a music instrument) · spring; coil 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 舌jīused in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"

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如簧之舌

rú huáng zhī shé

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