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八面玲珑

bā miàn líng lóng

4-character word Traditional 八面玲瓏

What 八面玲珑 means

1. be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)

The characters in 八面玲珑

• 八bāeight
• 面miànface; side; surface
• 玲líng(onomatopoeia) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants
• 珑lóngtinkling of gem-pendants

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