察言观色 (察言觀色) cháyánguānsè
cháyánguānsè
set phrase
to consider [somebody's] words and observe their expression
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '察言觀色'; Guoyu '察言觀色'; Mathews 1931 '察言觀色', p. 12)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 32 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 卷六十四 吳書十九 諸葛滕二孫濮陽傳 Volume 64: Book of Wu 19 - Biographies of Zhuge, Teng, the two Suns, and Puyang Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
- 《季氏第十六》 Commentary on Ji Shi XVI Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 1