八面玲珑 (bā miàn líng lóng) — be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations) · Chinese · Nantoka

bā miàn líng lóng

Traditional: 八面玲瓏

八面玲珑 (bā miàn líng lóng) is a Chinese word meaning “be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)”.

Meanings

1be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)

Characters in 八面玲珑

八bā · eight 面miàn · face 玲líng · (onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑)珑lóng · tinkling of gem-pendants

Related words

里面inside 里面variant of 裡面|里面[li3 mian4]外面outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense)上面on top of 后面the back; the rear; the last bit 面face 面flour 面variant of 麵|面[mian4]下面below 下面to boil noodles 见面to meet; to see each other 面前in front of

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