巧言令色 meaning in English
clever talk and an ingratiating manner; fine words and an insinuating countenance; guileful words and insinuating looks; pleasing words and smoothness of manner; say smooth words to sb. and wear a fair face before sb.; subtle words and evasions; with artful speech and flashy manners
Examples
- He is a plausible coxcomb .
他是个巧言令色的花花公子。 - They are not exhalations like our daily colloquies and vaporous breath
讲台之上何谓无碍辩才，通常即指学究所以为的巧言令色。 - No glib works or tricky actions can change these basic facts , nor can it be changed by any unilateral action by any foreign country
任何巧言令色，外国任何单方面的行动，都不能改变这一基本事实。 - But where there are prophecies , they will cease ; where there are tongues , they will be stilled ; where there is knowledge , it will pass away
但哪里有预言，她们就会在哪里止步；哪里有巧言令色，她们就会在哪里受到遏制；哪里有世故狡诈，她们就会在哪里死亡。