See 見人說人話，見鬼說鬼話 on Wiktionary
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"form": "见人说人话，见鬼说鬼话",
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"literal_meaning": "speaking the language of humans when seeing a human, and speaking the language of devils when seeing a devil",
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"glosses": [
"to be flexible and know what to say in different situations and to different people; (derogatory) to be crafty and two-faced"
],
"id": "en-見人說人話，見鬼說鬼話-zh-proverb-74xUeERy",
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"flexible",
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"know",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) to be flexible and know what to say in different situations and to different people; (derogatory) to be crafty and two-faced"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "jiàn guǐ jiǎng guǐhuà",
"word": "見人講人話，見鬼講鬼話／见人讲人话，见鬼讲鬼话"
},
{
"roman": "jiàn rén jiǎng rénhuà, jiàn guǐ jiǎng guǐhuà",
"word": "見人講人話，見鬼講鬼話／见人讲人话，见鬼讲鬼话"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "食四面風，講五色話"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "食四面风，讲五色话"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiàn rén shuō rénhuà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiàn guǐ shuō guǐhuà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiàn rén shuō rénhuà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiàn guǐ shuō guǐhuà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiàn rén shuo rénhuà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiàn guěi shuo guěihuà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chien⁴ jên² shuo¹ jên²-hua⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chien⁴ kuei³ shuo¹ kuei³-hua⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jyàn rén shwō rén-hwà-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jyàn gwěi shwō gwěi-hwà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiann ren shuo renhuah"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiann goei shuo goeihuah"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзянь жэнь шо жэньхуа"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзянь гуй шо гуйхуа"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjanʹ žɛnʹ šo žɛnʹxua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjanʹ guj šo gujxua"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/"
}
],
"word": "見人說人話，見鬼說鬼話"
}
{
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"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "speaking the language of humans when seeing a human, and speaking the language of devils when seeing a devil",
"pos": "proverb",
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"glosses": [
"to be flexible and know what to say in different situations and to different people; (derogatory) to be crafty and two-faced"
],
"links": [
[
"flexible",
"flexible"
],
[
"know",
"know"
],
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"different",
"different"
],
[
"situation",
"situation"
],
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"crafty",
"crafty"
],
[
"two-faced",
"two-faced"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) to be flexible and know what to say in different situations and to different people; (derogatory) to be crafty and two-faced"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiàn rén shuō rénhuà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiàn guǐ shuō guǐhuà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiàn rén shuō rénhuà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiàn guǐ shuō guǐhuà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiàn rén shuo rénhuà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiàn guěi shuo guěihuà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chien⁴ jên² shuo¹ jên²-hua⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chien⁴ kuei³ shuo¹ kuei³-hua⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jyàn rén shwō rén-hwà-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jyàn gwěi shwō gwěi-hwà"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiann ren shuo renhuah"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiann goei shuo goeihuah"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзянь жэнь шо жэньхуа"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзянь гуй шо гуйхуа"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjanʹ žɛnʹ šo žɛnʹxua"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjanʹ guj šo gujxua"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "jiàn guǐ jiǎng guǐhuà",
"word": "見人講人話，見鬼講鬼話／见人讲人话，见鬼讲鬼话"
},
{
"roman": "jiàn rén jiǎng rénhuà, jiàn guǐ jiǎng guǐhuà",
"word": "見人講人話，見鬼講鬼話／见人讲人话，见鬼讲鬼话"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "食四面風，講五色話"
},
{
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "食四面风，讲五色话"
}
],
"word": "見人說人話，見鬼說鬼話"
}
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