巧言 qiǎoyán
qiǎoyán
noun
pleasant but false speech
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '巧言'; Mathews 1931 '巧言', p. 101)
Contained in
- 巧言令色 to flatter with artful speech and ingratiating manners
- 巧言令色鲜矣仁(巧言令色鮮矣仁) flattering speech and an ingratiating expression are rarely associated with virtue
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷八十三 列傳第七十一: 文苑 Volume 83 Biographies 71: Men of Letters History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 12
- 小雅‧節南山之什‧巧言 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Qiao Yan The Book of Songs 詩經 — count: 4
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Discourses on Salt and Iron 鹽鐵論 — count: 2
- 卷六十六 陳王列傳 Volume 66: Biographies of Chen, Wang Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 2
- 《衛靈公第十五》 Commentary on Wei Ling Gong XV Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 2
- 卷六 秦四 Chapter 6: Qin IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 2
- 卷五十三 Scroll 53 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 第六十二回 Chapter 62 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第四十五回 Chapter 45 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 卷七 越絕外傳記范伯第八 越絕內傳陳成恒第九 Scroll 7 Yue Jue Shu 越絕書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 巧言利 (巧言利) 巧言利辭 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 詭使第四十五 Chapter 45: Absurd Encouragements — count: 5
- 巧言乱 (巧言亂) 巧言亂德 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 15. 《衛靈公》 Wei Ling Gong — count: 2
- 歌巧言 (歌巧言) 使大師歌巧言之卒章 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2
- 巧言丑诋 (巧言醜詆) 巧言醜詆 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷三十六 楚元王傳 Volume 36: Prince Yuan of Chu --- Liu Xiang and Liu Xin — count: 2
- 巧言花 (巧言花) 憑著我巧言花語 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十七回 Chapter 27 — count: 2
- 巧言眩 (巧言眩) 或巧言眩俗 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷三一 補列傳第二三 王昕 弟晞 Volume 31 Biographies 23: Wang Xin; Wang Xi — count: 2
- 色巧言 (色巧言) 夫令色巧言 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷93 恩幸:王叡 王仲興 寇猛 趙修 茹皓 趙邕 侯剛等 Volume 93: Favorites of Nobles - Wang Rui, Wang Zhongxing, Kou Meng, Zhao Xiu, Ru Hao, Zhao Yong, Hou Gang, and others — count: 2
- 小雅巧言 (小雅巧言) 詩小雅巧言之篇 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷一百下 敍傳 Volume 100b: Afterword and Family History 2 — count: 2