察言观色
Traditional form:
察言觀色
Pinyin (reading):
cháyánguānsè
Definitions:
- to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom)
- to discern what sb thinks from his body language
Characters:
- 察 - to examine, to investigate, to observe
- 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
- 观 - to observe, to spectate; appearance, view
- 色 - color, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex
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