huā yán qiǎo yǔdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric
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Original source entry:

花言巧語 花言巧语 [hua1 yan2 qiao3 yu3] /graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words/cheating wheedling/dishonest rhetoric/

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