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Definition(s) for: 巧言令色

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
巧言令色 qiǎo yán lìng sè - to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 93,157 52,154

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qiǎo- opportunely
- coincidentally
- as it happens
- skillful
- timely
yán- words
- speech
- to say
- to talk
líng- used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]
- used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
lǐng- classifier for a ream of paper
lìng- to order
- to command
- an order
- warrant
- writ
- to cause
- to make sth happen
- virtuous
- honorific title
- season
- government position (old)
- type of short song or poem
- color
- CL:種|种[zhong3]
- look
- appearance
- sex
shǎi- (coll.) color
- used in 色子[shai3zi5]

Other Words Containing 巧言令色

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo