{"path":"/entry/18578","title":"口蜜腹剑 / 口蜜腹劍 (kǒu mì fù jiàn) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"口蜜腹剑 / 口蜜腹劍 (kǒu mì fù jiàn): literally honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom) · figuratively hypocritical and murderous. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":18578,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["口蜜腹剑"],"TRADITIONAL":["口蜜腹劍"]}},"phonetic":"kǒu mì fù jiàn","phoneticKey":"kou3 mi4 fu4 jian4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally honeyed words, a sword in the belly ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively hypocritical and murderous","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[{"label":null,"relations":[{"kind":"SYNONYM","readingId":81451,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["笑里藏刀"],"TRADITIONAL":["笑裡藏刀"]}},"phonetic":"xiào lǐ cáng dāo","gloss":{"simplified":"literally a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom)","traditional":null}}],"primary":true}],"origins":[{"literal":"honey from the mouth, a sword from the belly","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"First used for describing Li Linfu, a Tang politician","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"李林甫为相，尤忌文学之士，或阳与之善，啖以甘言而阴陷之。世谓李林甫「口有蜜，腹有剑。」","traditional":"李林甫為相，尤忌文學之士，或陽與之善，啖以甘言而陰陷之。世謂李林甫「口有蜜，腹有劍。」"},"phonetic":"Lǐ Línfǔ wèi xiàng, yóu jì wénxué zhī shì, huò yáng yǔ zhī shàn, dàn yǐ gānyán ér yīn xiàn zhī. Shì wèi Lǐ Línfǔ “kǒu yǒu mì， fù yǒu jiàn.”","english":"Li Linfu was the Grand Chancellor. He was envious of people with knowledge, pretended to be nice to some, trapping them secretly while enticing them with sweet words. Therefore, it was said Li Linfu's \"mouth had honey, his belly having a sword.\"","ref":"1084 CE, Sima Guang, Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}