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巧舌如簧

qiǎo shé rú huáng

4-character word

What 巧舌如簧 means

1. lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom)
2. fig. to have a glib tongue

The characters in 巧舌如簧

• 巧qiǎoopportunely; coincidentally; as it happens
• 舌shétongue
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 簧huángreed (of a music instrument); spring; coil

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