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口蜜腹剑

kǒu mì fù jiàn

4-character word Traditional 口蜜腹劍

What 口蜜腹剑 means

1. lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murderous

The characters in 口蜜腹剑

• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…
• 蜜mìhoney
• 腹fùabdomen; stomach; belly
• 剑jiàndouble-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword

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