膏唇岐舌
膏唇岐舌 in English
- (idiom) To use smooth words and verbal tricks to deceive or ingratiate oneself / to speak inconsistently and opportunistically.
How it used to be written
膏
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 9 forms
唇
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Small seal script
岐
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Small seal script -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 5 forms
舌
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script - See all 10 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).