Flattery makes color
Flattery is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is ch ǎ NC í L ì ngs è, which means to flatter others and act as an expression to please others. From the annals of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Idiom usage
It means to please others
The origin of Idioms
In the 80th chapter of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, "Gou Jian was a man-machine insurance, but now he is a fish in the pot. He ordered the officials to make flattery and color, so as to avoid punishment."
Idiom explanation
Say flattering words and act as a flattering expression.
Chinese PinYin : chǎn cí lìng sè
Flattery makes color
a chess player meets his match. qí féng dí shǒu
Praising virtue and praising merit. sòng dé gē gōng
Engrave the skin and carve out the bone. míng fū lòu gǔ