如簧之舌

Traditional form:

如簧之舌

Pinyin (reading):

rúhuángzhīshé

Definitions:

• lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom)
• fig. a glib tongue

Characters:

• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 簧 - reed; lock, metal spring
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 舌 - tongue; bell clapper

Traditional characters:

• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 簧 - reed; lock, metal spring
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 舌 - tongue; bell clapper