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to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)

qiǎo yán lìng sè
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They say fine words are no virtue if they're insincere and that's him in a nutshell. He's all talk but doesn't mean a word of it.
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
巧言令色,鲜矣仁。
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