clever talk and an ingratiating manner(qiǎo yán lìng sè)

clever talk and an ingratiating manner

It is a Chinese idiom, and Pinyin is Qi ǎ oy á NL ì ngs è, which means to describe sweet talk and hypocrisy. It comes from the book gaotaomo.

Idiom explanation

Clever words: sweet words; make color: flattering expression. It's a kind of flattery.

The origin of Idioms

Gao Tao Mo: "what's the fear of kongren?"

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. In the Analects of Confucius, Confucius said, "if you speak skillfully, you will have a fresh heart." "Gongyechang of the Analects of Confucius": Confucius said: "clever words and courteous, Zuo Qiuming shame, Qiu also shame. Zuo Qiuming is ashamed of him for hiding his grudge and making friends with him, and Qiu is also ashamed of him. " Dong Zhongshu of the Han Dynasty wrote in the spring and Autumn Annals of Fanlu, the five elements of Xiangsheng: "Sikou was in chaos, respectful and respectful, skillful in words and color." The second fold of Yuan Wumingshi's "Baozhuang makeup box": "Chen Lin, I'll let you out when I open the box and see if there is any entrainment." The thirty second chapter of Wu Chengen's journey to the West in Ming Dynasty: "you make such a wise man, you make such a clever remark, you tease him to patrol the mountains, but you laugh at him here!" Chapter 88 of Xu Zhonglin's the romance of the gods in Ming Dynasty: do you dare to make people listen to you? Act 4 of Qu Yuan by Guo Moruo: "he is really a clever villain."

Chinese PinYin : qiǎo yán lìng sè