八面玲珑 (八面玲瓏)
bā miàn líng lóng
Pinyin

Definition

八面玲珑 (八面玲瓏)
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bā miàn líng lóng
  1. be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上面
shàng miàn
  1. 1 on top of
  2. 2 above-mentioned
  3. 3 also pr. [shàng mian]
下面
xià miàn
  1. 1 below
  2. 2 under
  3. 3 next
  4. 4 the following
  5. 5 also pr. [xià mian]
八
bā
  1. 1 eight
  2. 2 8
前面
qián miàn
  1. 1 ahead
  2. 2 in front
  3. 3 preceding
  4. 4 above
  5. 5 also pr. [qián mian]
外面
wài miàn
  1. 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
  2. 2 surface
  3. 3 exterior
  4. 4 external appearance

Idioms (20)

一体两面
yī tǐ liǎng miàn
  1. 1 lit. one body two sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a situation with two sides to it
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public

Sample Sentences

哎，黛玉真可怜。不过《红楼梦》里我最欣赏王熙凤，八面玲珑的，没有她摆不平的事。
āi ，Dàiyù zhēn kělián 。bùguò Hónglóumèng lǐ wǒ zuì xīnshǎng Wáng Xīfèng ，bāmiànlínglóng de ，méiyǒu tā bǎibupíng de matter 。
Agh, Daiyu is really pitiable. But my favorite in "The Dream of the Red Chambers" is Wang Kangfeng. She's very slick, and comfortable in all kinds of environments. There's nothing she can't take care of.
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