甜言蜜语
tián yán mì yǔ
Pinyin

Definition

甜言蜜语
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tián yán mì yǔ
  1. (idiom) sweet words
  2. sweet talk
  3. cajolery

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bō luó mì
  1. 1 jackfruit
  2. 2 breadfruit
  3. 3 Artocarpus heterophyllus
tián
  1. 1 sweet
tián pǐn
  1. 1 dessert
tián měi
  1. 1 sweet
  2. 2 pleasant
  3. 3 happy
tián mì
  1. 1 sweet
  2. 2 happy
zhēn yán
  1. 1 admonition
  2. 2 exhortation
  3. 3 dictum
  4. 4 the biblical Book of Proverbs
fēng mì
  1. 1 honey
yán
  1. 1 words
  2. 2 speech
  3. 3 to say
  4. 4 to talk
yǔ yán
  1. 1 language
  2. 2 CL:門|门[mén],種|种[zhǒng]
huǎng yán
  1. 1 lie
guī mì
  1. 1 (coll.) (a woman's) close female friend
  2. 2 bestie
  3. 3 (originally written 閨密|闺密, an abbr. for 閨中密友|闺中密友)
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
bù yán ér yù
  1. 1 it goes without saying
  2. 2 it is self-evident
dài yán
  1. 1 to be a spokesperson
  2. 2 to be an ambassador (for a brand)
  3. 3 to endorse
dài yán rén
  1. 1 spokesperson
chuán yán
  1. 1 rumor
  2. 2 hearsay
qiān yán wàn yǔ
  1. 1 thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say
  2. 2 talking nonstop
zhǐ yán piàn yǔ
  1. 1 just a word or two (idiom); a few isolated phrases
míng yán
  1. 1 saying
  2. 2 famous remark
tǎn yán
  1. 1 to say candidly
  2. 2 to acknowledge frankly

Idioms (20)

一言一动
yī yán yī dòng
  1. 1 (one's) every word and deed (idiom)
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
一言不发
yī yán bù fā
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
一言千金
yī yán qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom); valuable advice
  2. 2 words of enormous weight
一言既出,驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一言为定
yī yán wéi dìng
  1. 1 (idiom) it's a deal
  2. 2 that's settled then
一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
  1. 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
三言两句
sān yán liǎng jù
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
三言两语
sān yán liǎng yǔ
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不可胜言
bù kě shèng yán
  1. 1 inexpressible (idiom)
  2. 2 beyond description
不可言喻
bù kě yán yù
  1. 1 inexpressible (idiom)
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
  1. 1 not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不言不语
bù yán bù yǔ
  1. 1 to not say a word (idiom)
  2. 2 to keep silent
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
交浅言深
jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
  1. 1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)

Sample Sentences

时不时说一些甜言蜜语,像是“我愿意天天为你煮饭、天天接你上下班,你知道吗?就算大雨让整座城市颠倒,我会给你怀抱”。
shíbùshí shuō yīxiē tiányánmìyǔ ,xiàng shì “wǒ yuànyì tiāntiān wèi nǐ zhǔ fàn 、tiāntiān jiē nǐ shàngxiàbān ,nǐ zhīdào ma ?jiùsuàn dàyǔ ràng zhěng zuò chéngshì diān dào ,wǒ huì gěi nǐ huái bào ”。
You should whisper sweet nothings to her every so often. Things like "I'd cook for you everyday, I'll take you to and from work everyday, you know that i'd do that for you. Even if the rain turned the whole city upside down, I'll be there to hold you in my arms".
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行得通!怎么行不通?等他陷入你的甜言蜜语以后,就使用三十六计之第六计,声东击西。
xíng de tōng !zěnme xíngbutōng ?děng tā xiànrù nǐ de tiányánmìyǔ yǐhòu ,jiù shǐyòng Sānshíliù jì zhī dì liù jì ,shēngdōngjīxī 。
Of course it would work! Why would it not work? Once she has fallen into your web of sweet nothings, you can use strategy number six of The Thirty-Six Stratagems - make a sound in the east and attack in the west (create a diversion).
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其实我就喜欢你这样实在。甜言蜜语有什么好呀?
qíshí wǒ jiù xǐhuan nǐ zhèyàng shízài 。tiányánmìyǔ yǒu shénme hǎo yā ?
Actually I just like it when you are real, like this. What’s so great about sweet talk anyway?
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