「巧言令色，鮮矣仁」這句說話，用來形容他最適合不過了。他說的話，沒有一句是有誠意的。 - Zhictionary

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「巧言令色，鮮矣仁」這句說話，用來形容他最適合不過了。他說的話，沒有一句是有誠意的。

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.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

qiǎoyánlìngsè

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

fresh
bright (in color)
delicious
tasty
delicacy
aquatic foods

few
rare

classical final particle, similar to modern 了 le

humane
kernel

(pronoun) this; these
(bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
(bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)

variant of 勾 gōu

sentence
clause
phrase
classifier for phrases or lines of verse

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 彀 (gòu, “to draw a bow”)
a surname
alternative form of 彀 (gòu, “to draw a bow”)
used in 句當／句当, alternative form of 勾當 /勾当

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 絇 /𰬆 (jù, “a kind of shoe ornament or decoration”)
alternative form of 絇 /𰬆 (jù, “a kind of shoe ornament or decoration”)

to speak
to say
to talk
to gossip
to tell stories
talk
word

to describe
(literary) countenance; appearance

(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
(bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)

(attributive) optimal
optimal

100 ml
one-tenth of a peck
measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗

to close
to join
to fit
to be equal to
whole
together
round (in battle)
conjunction (astronomy)
1st note of pentatonic scale
old variant of 盒 hé

variant of 合 hé

only
merely
no more than
but
however
anyway (to get back to a previous topic)
cannot be more (after adjectival)

(completed action marker)
(modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

to finish
(used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
(literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)

(of eyes) bright
clear-sighted
to understand clearly

unofficial variant of 瞭 liào

(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
(bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)

to speak; to talk; to say
to explain; to comment
to scold; to tell off
(bound form) theory; doctrine

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)

if (coming after a conditional clause)

haven't
hasn't
doesn't exist
to not have
to not be

a line of verse
a sentence

to be (followed by substantives only)
correct; right; true
(respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
(adverb for emphatic assertion)

variant of 是 shì

to have; there is
(bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒuyì intentional)

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)

sincerity; good faith

of; ~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
(used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs

a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)

really and truly

(bound form) bull's-eye; target