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
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- 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
- 卷六 秦四 Chapter 6: Qin IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — 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
- 卷五十三 Scroll 53 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Discourses on Salt and Iron 鹽鐵論 — count: 2
- 第九十七回 Chapter 97 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第八十一回 Chapter 81 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 卷三十四 列傳第二十二: 游雅 高閭 趙逸 胡叟 胡方回 張湛 段承根 闞駰 劉延明 趙柔 索敞 宋繇 江式 Volume 34 Biographies 22: You Ya, Gao Lu, Zhao Yi, Hu Sou, Hu Fanggui, Zhang Zhan, Duan Chenggen, Kang Yin, Liu Yanming, Zhao Rou, Sou Chang, Song Yao, Jiang Shi History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 巧言乱 (巧言亂) 巧言亂德 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 15. 《衛靈公》 Wei Ling Gong — 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
- 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
- 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