笑里藏刀 (笑裡藏刀)
xiào lǐ cáng dāo
Pinyin

Definition

笑里藏刀 (笑裡藏刀)
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xiào lǐ cáng dāo
  1. lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom); friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions
  2. when the fox preaches, look to the geese

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Dāo
  1. 1 surname Dao
xiào
  1. 1 old variant of 笑[xiào]
wēi xiào
  1. 1 smile
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 丝 sī
  4. 4 to smile
gǎo xiào
  1. 1 to get people to laugh
  2. 2 funny
  3. 3 hilarious
shōu cáng
  1. 1 to hoard
  2. 2 to collect
  3. 3 collection
  4. 4 to bookmark (Internet)

Idioms (20)

一刀两断
yī dāo liǎng duàn
  1. 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
一刀切
yī dāo qiē
  1. 1 lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity
  2. 2 one solution fits a diversity of problems
  3. 3 one size fits all
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black
人为刀俎,我为鱼肉
rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu
  1. 1 lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at sb's mercy
付之一笑
fù zhī yī xiào
  1. 1 to dismiss sth with a laugh (idiom)
  2. 2 to laugh it off