花言巧语 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• graceful words, flowery speech ; elegant but insincere words
• cheating wheedling
• dishonest rhetoric

Character by character

• 花huāflower, blossom; to spend (time or money)
• 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
• 巧qiǎoskillful, ingenious, clever
• 语yǔwords, language; saying, expression

Idioms sharing a character

• 借花献佛 jiè huā xiàn Fó
• 名花有主 míng huā yǒu zhǔ
• 天花乱坠 tiān huā luàn zhuì
• 奇花异草 qí huā yì cǎo
• 如花似玉 rú huā sì yù
• 寻花问柳 xún huā wèn liǔ
• 心花怒放 xīn huā nù fàng
• 拈花惹草 niān huā rě cǎo
• 摆花架子 bǎi huā jià zi
• 明日黄花 míng rì huáng huā

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