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こうげんれいしょくすくなしじん 巧言令色鮮し仁
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1. those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion​Proverb, See also 巧言令色, from the Analects of Confucius
  • あいつ
  • は
  • くち口ばかり
  • で
    • 、
  • せいい誠意
  • が
  • ない
  • ね
    • 。
  • こうげんれいしょくすくなしじん巧言令色少なし仁
  • とは
  • よく
  • いった
  • もん
  • だ
    • 。
They say fine words are no virtue if they're insincere and that's him in a nutshell. He's all talk but doesn't mean a word of it.
Other forms
巧言令色少なし仁 【こうげんれいしょくすくなしじん】、巧言令色すくなし仁 【こうげんれいしょくすくなしじん】

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