花言巧語

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graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words · cheating wheedling · dishonest rhetoric

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words
  2. cheating wheedling
  3. dishonest rhetoric

Written Forms

花言巧語Traditional · Main Form
花言巧语Alternate Form

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