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"hypocritical flattery" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
甜言美语 甜言美語 tián yán měi yǔ sweet words, beautiful phrases (idiom) / hypocritical flattery
Chinese Pinyin Translation
虚伪 虛偽 xū wěi false / hypocritical / artificial / sham syn
奉承 fèng cheng to fawn on / to flatter / to ingratiate oneself / flattery syn
伪善 偽善 wěi shàn hypocritical syn
笑里藏刀 笑裡藏刀 xiào lǐ cáng dāo lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom) / friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions / when the fox preaches, look to the geese syn
高帽子 gāo mào zi tall conical paper hat worn as a public humiliation / dunce cap / (fig.) flattery syn
鬼画符 鬼畫符 guǐ huà fú undecipherable handwriting / scribblings / (fig.) hypocritical talk
马屁 馬屁 mǎ pì horse hindquarters / flattery / boot-licking
虚情假意 虛情假意 xū qíng jiǎ yì false friendship / hypocritical show of affection syn
口蜜腹剑 口蜜腹劍 kǒu mì fù jiàn lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom) / fig. hypocritical and murderous syn
戴高帽子 dài gāo mào zi (coll.) to be the object of flattery / to be placed on a pedestal syn
佞 nìng to flatter / flattery
能者多劳 能者多勞 néng zhě duō láo it's the most capable people who do the most work (idiom) (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc) syn
嘴甜心苦 zuǐ tián xīn kǔ sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom) / insincere flattery
仁义道德 仁義道德 rén yì dào dé compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom) / all the traditional virtues / mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
媚词 媚詞 mèi cí flattery
偏辞 偏辭 piān cí one-sided words / prejudice / flattery
奉承讨好 奉承討好 fèng cheng tǎo hǎo to curry favor / to get the desired outcome by flattery
说你胖你就喘 說你胖你就喘 shuō nǐ pàng nǐ jiù chuǎn lit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom) / fig. Hey! I pay you a compliment, and you start bragging! (typically jocular and teasing) / flattery, like perfume, should be smelled, not swallowed
能者多劳 能者多勞 néng zhě - duō láo (idiom) it's the most capable people who do the most work (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc) syn
人五人六 rén wǔ rén liù to make a show of being decent and proper / to display phony or hypocritical behavior
假正经 假正經 jiǎ zhèng jīng demure / prudish / hypocritical
虚诈 虛詐 xū zhà tricky and hypocritical
猫哭老鼠 貓哭老鼠 māo kū lǎo shǔ the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom) / hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears syn
猫哭耗子 貓哭耗子 māo kū hào zi the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom) / hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
问客杀鸡 問客殺雞 wèn kè shā jī lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom) / fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)
人五人六 rén wǔ - rén liù (idiom) to make a show of being decent and proper / to display phony or hypocritical behavior
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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