{"path":"/entry/32871","title":"察言观色 / 察言觀色 (chá yán guān sè) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"察言观色 / 察言觀色 (chá yán guān sè): to weigh up someone's words and observe their facial expression (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":32871,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["察言观色"],"TRADITIONAL":["察言觀色"]}},"phonetic":"chá yán guān sè","phoneticKey":"cha2 yan2 guan1 se4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to weigh up someone's words and observe their facial expression ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to discern what someone thinks from his body language","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Analects, Book 12 (《論語·顏淵》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"夫达也者，质直而好义，察言而观色，虑以下人。","traditional":"夫達也者，質直而好義，察言而觀色，慮以下人。"},"phonetic":"Fú dá yě zhě, zhì zhí ér hào yì, chá yán ér guān sè, lǜ yǐ xià rén.","english":"The man of distinction is solid and straightforward, and loves righteousness. He examines people's words, and looks at their countenances. He is anxious to humble himself to others.","ref":"The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}