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こうげんれいしょくすくなしじん
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion
from the Analects of Confucius
Alt. forms
巧こう言げん令れい色しょくすくなし仁じん
巧こう言げん令れい色しょく鮮すくなし仁じん
巧こう言げん令れい色しょく少すくなし仁じん
こうげんれいしょくすくなしじん
Composed of
flattery; honeyed words
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus