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We’re offering free resources to help you learn Chinese. In this series, idioms and proverbs take center stage, known for their deep meanings and versatile usage. Today’s idiom is 「恬言柔舌」, explained below.

We’re presenting the idiom 「恬言柔舌」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

It means sweet words.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tián yán róu shé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tim4 yin4 yau4 sit3

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