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Home / Idiom / 甜言蜜语

(idiom) sweet words · sweet talk · cajolery

甜言蜜语
tián yán mì yǔ
Idiom
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Some are deceived by fair words.
一些人被甜言蜜语欺骗。
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murderous口蜜腹剑kǒu mì fù jiànto say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek · saying one thing but meaning sth different言不由衷yán bù yóu zhōnggraceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words · cheating wheedling · dishonest rhetoric花言巧语huā yán qiǎo yǔmagic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions · knockout drug · ecstasy; MDMA迷魂药mí hún yàopotion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life (aka mèng pó tāng) · magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions迷魂汤mí hún tāngsugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences糖衣炮弹táng yī pào dàn
Antonyms
(idiom) to slander viciously恶语中伤è yǔ zhòng shāngto give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence · to trust completely · to confide in sb with entire sincerity推心置腹tuī xīn zhì fù