你倒是巧舌如簧 很不似他
“You, however, are quite eloquent, unlike him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
唯有政事之道上方见其锋芒
“His brilliance shines only in state affairs.”
你倒是 巧舌如簧 很不似他
“You, however, are quite eloquent, unlike him.”
太后容禀
“Your Majesty.”
“Stop trying to smooth-talk me with your clever rhetoric; you are not fooling anyone.”
Traditional Chinese rulers value honesty, reticence, and loyalty over rhetorical showmanship; glibness ('qiaoyan lingse') is traditionally condemned as a sign of unreliability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
having a glib tongue; sweet-talking; deceptively eloquent
A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) with negative connotations, used to disparage someone whose speech is superficially persuasive but untrustworthy.
not like; unlike
A classical, literary equivalent to the modern spoken 'buxiang', used here to emphasize disparity in character.
