油腔滑调

油腔滑調
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

写文章或言语态度浮滑，不切实。

重編國語辭典

写文章或言语态度浮夸，不切实

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 调 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
润滑 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

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