巧言 qiǎoyán
qiǎoyán
noun
pleasant but false speech
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
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Notes: (Guoyu '巧言'; Mathews 1931 '巧言', p. 101)
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- 人出巧言 以诚相接 人出漏言 以婉相答 人出戏言 以默相待 人出废言 以简相告(人出巧言 以誠相接 人出漏言 以婉相答 人出戲言 以默相待 人出廢言 以簡相告) In hearing sweet words, Respond with honesty. In hearing flawed words, Respond with politeness. In hearing dishonest words, Respond with silence. In hearing idle words, Respond with brevity.
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- Scroll 1: A Happy Life - Sincere Advice 卷一 快樂的生活 忠言如良藥 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 10 - The Human World is Filled with Joy 《星雲法語10－歡喜滿人間》 — count: 3
- Scroll 2: Places - Do not to Save a Little Only to Lose a Lot 卷二 處眾 勿因小失大 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 9 - The Significance of Sticking out your Chest 《星雲法語9－挺胸的意味》 — count: 2
- The Three Pure Land Sutras 淨土三經 Buddhism Series 2 - Canonical Texts 《佛教叢書2－經典》 — count: 1
- Hsing Yun Diary 19 - A Heart-to-Heart Talk: May All Wishes Come True 星雲日記19～談心接心 心想事成(1992/9/16～1992/9/30) Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》 — count: 1
- Scroll 3: Similes of Wisdom - The Use of Distance 卷三 智慧之喻 遠之用 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 4 - How to Overcome Difficulties 《星雲法語4－如何度難關》 — count: 1
- Scroll 1: The Essentials of Handling Affairs - Doing Wrong in Handling Affairs 卷一 處事之要 處事之弊 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 8 - Conditions for Success 《星雲法語8－成功的條件》 — count: 1
- An Improper Life 邪 命 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 11 - The Philosophy of Success 《迷悟之間(十一)成功的理念》 — count: 1
- Scroll 1: The Most Important Four Aspects of the Dharma - Four Kinds of People who are not Needed 卷一 四法最上 四種人不用 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 6 - Four Principles for Acting with Integrity 《星雲法語6－做人四原則》 — count: 1
- The Past, the Present, and the Future 過現未來 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 4 - A Life of Pluses and Minuses 《迷悟之間(四)生命的密碼》 — count: 1
- Scroll 4: Between Other and Self - Jealousy of Friends 卷四 人我之間 交友之忌 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 7 - Life's Brocade Pouch 《星雲法語7－人生的錦囊》 — count: 1
Collocations
- 巧言顺心 (巧言順心) 巧言順心害於道 — Hsing Yun Dharma Words 10 - The Human World is Filled with Joy 《星雲法語10－歡喜滿人間》, Scroll 1: A Happy Life - Sincere Advice 卷一 快樂的生活 忠言如良藥 — count: 2
- 巧言不如 (巧言不如) 巧言不如直道 — Hsing Yun Dharma Words 6 - Four Principles for Acting with Integrity 《星雲法語6－做人四原則》, Scroll 1: The Most Important Four Aspects of the Dharma - Four Kinds of People who are not Needed 卷一 四法最上 四種人不用 — count: 2
- 妄说巧言 (妄說巧言) 勿因妄說巧言而失去尊嚴 — Hsing Yun Dharma Words 9 - The Significance of Sticking out your Chest 《星雲法語9－挺胸的意味》, Scroll 2: Places - Do not to Save a Little Only to Lose a Lot 卷二 處眾 勿因小失大 — count: 2
- 巧言利 (巧言利) 巧言利辭 — Hsing Yun Dharma Words 4 - How to Overcome Difficulties 《星雲法語4－如何度難關》, Scroll 3: Similes of Wisdom - The Use of Distance 卷三 智慧之喻 遠之用 — count: 2
- 巧言多 (巧言多) 巧言多求 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 11 - The Philosophy of Success 《迷悟之間(十一)成功的理念》, An Improper Life 邪 命 — count: 2