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察言觀色

察言觀色

See also: 察言观色

Chinese

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examine; inquire; observe; inspect; look into; to examine

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to speak; to say; talk; word

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Taoist monastery; to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold

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color; dice; look; appearance

|- !trad. (察言觀色) | | | | |- !simp. (察言观色) | | | | |}

Idiom

察言觀色

  1. to read a person (to interpret or infer a meaning or significance based on facial expression, tone of voice etc)