娓娓动听 — Chinese idiom
娓娓动听
wěi wěi dòng tīng
Traditional: 娓娓動聽
Meaning
- to speak in a pleasant and captivating manner
Character by character
- 娓wěiagreeable, compliant; to comply, to go along with
- 娓wěiagreeable, compliant; to comply, to go along with
- 动dòngto move, to happen; movement, action
- 听tīngto hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
Idioms sharing a character
- 娓娓而谈 wěi wěi ér tán
- 一举一动 yī jǔ yī dòng
- 一言一动 yī yán yī dòng
- 不动声色 bù dòng shēng sè
- 伤筋动骨 shāng jīn dòng gǔ
- 动人心魄 dòng rén xīn pò
- 动见观瞻 dòng jiàn guān zhān
- 动辄得咎 dòng zhé dé jiù
- 劳师动众 láo shī dòng zhòng
- 原封不动 yuán fēng bù dòng
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