Monday, March 6, 2017

All Things To All Men - 八面玲珑

八(ba)面(mian)玲(ling)珑(long)


八: "eight"
面: "direction"
玲珑: "clever, flexible, sophisticated"

The literal translation of this idiom is "be smooth and slick in establishing social relations capable of dealing with all men"

Correponding English idiom: "all things to all men."

Example sentence: "Annie is all things to all men." (安妮是个八面玲珑的人.)

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