油腔滑調

油腔滑调
yóuqiānghuádiào
  1. flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech)
  2. glib-tongued
  3. oily

CEDICT

for one's words to be unserious and insincere

Wiktionary

寫文章或言語態度浮滑，不切實。

重編國語辭典

寫文章或言語態度浮誇，不切實

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 油 yóu
  1. oil
  2. fat
  3. grease
  4. petroleum
  5. to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
  6. oily
  7. greasy
  8. glib
  9. cunning
2 腔 qiāng
  1. (bound form) cavity
  2. (bound form) speech; talk
  3. tune
  4. accent (in one's speech)
  5. (old) classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock
3 滑 huá
  1. to slip; to slide
  2. slippery; smooth
  3. sly; slippery; not to be trusted
4 調 diào
  1. to transfer
  2. to move (troops or cadres)
  3. to investigate
  4. to enquire into
  5. accent
  6. view
  7. argument
  8. key (in music)
  9. mode (music)
  10. tune
  11. tone
  12. melody

Related entries

浮滑 fúhuá (of language or behavior) flippant and insincere
油油 yóuyóu oily
油滑 yóuhuá
  1. oily
  2. greasy
  3. unctuous
  4. slippery (character)
油乎乎 yóuhūhū
  1. greasy
  2. oily
潤滑 rùnhuá
  1. smooth
  2. oily
  3. sleek
  4. to lubricate
润滑系统设计得不好。

The lubrication system was poorly designed.

Source: Tatoeba

油 yóu
  1. oil
  2. fat
  3. grease
  4. petroleum
  5. to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
  6. oily
  7. greasy
  8. glib
  9. cunning
撒油那啦！

Sayonara!

Source: Tatoeba

油光 yóuguāng
  1. glossy
  2. gleaming
  3. shiny (due to greasiness)
  4. slick
  5. greasy
  6. oily
油光光 yóuguāngguāng
  1. glossy
  2. gleaming
  3. shiny (due to greasiness)
  4. slick
  5. greasy
  6. oily