巧言令色

qiǎo yán lìng sè

Dictionary entry

to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)

What does 巧言令色 mean?

巧言令色 (qiǎo yán lìng sè) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)

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巧qiǎoopportunely · coincidentally 言yánwords · speech 令língused in 脊令[ji2 ling2] · used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])色sècolor · CL:種|种[zhong3]

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巧言令色

qiǎo yán lìng sè

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