Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「靜言令色」—details below.
Here’s the idiom 「靜言令色」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Jing: quiet; Ling: kind. It refers to using sweet words and flattering manners to deceive others.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jìng yán lìng sè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jing6 yin4 ling6 sik1
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