shrug the shoulders and offer an ingratiating smile(chǎn xiào xié jiān)

shrug the shoulders and offer an ingratiating smile

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch à nxi à oxi é Ji à n, which means to flatter, force a smiling face, shrink shoulders, and describe the ugliness of flattery. It's from the surprise of the first carving.

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He forced to smile and shrunk his shoulders. It describes the ugliness of flattery.

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Ling Mengchu of the Ming Dynasty, Volume 13 of the book "surprise at the first moment of folding the case", said: "those people are greedy of him as a benefactor, and they are just sweet words in front of him, flattering and smiling, and making him start."

Chinese PinYin : chǎn xiào xié jiān