巧舌如簧 — Chinese idiom
巧舌如簧
qiǎo shé rú huáng
Meaning
- lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument
- fig. to have a glib tongue
Character by character
- 巧qiǎoskillful, ingenious, clever
- 舌shétongue; bell clapper
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 簧huángreed; lock, metal spring
Idioms sharing a character
- 小巧玲珑 xiǎo qiǎo líng lóng
- 巧立名目 qiǎo lì míng mù
- 巧言令色 qiǎo yán lìng sè
- 熟能生巧 shú néng shēng qiǎo
- 花言巧语 huā yán qiǎo yǔ
- 口干舌燥 kǒu gān shé zào
- 唇枪舌剑 chún qiāng shé jiàn
- 如簧之舌 rú huáng zhī shé
- 弄嘴弄舌 nòng zuǐ nòng shé
- 张口结舌 zhāng kǒu jié shé
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