察言观色

to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom) / to discern what sb thinks from his body language

Characters and words in 察言观色

short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3]
to examine / to inquire / to observe / to inspect / to look into / obvious / clearly evident

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) just graduated, but in the ashram's kitchen an undercover agent (察) confronts him. The undercover agent has been investigating (察) Charlie's activities for quite some time and accuses Charlie of having copied most of his thesis. Charlie Chaplin bursts out in tears and admits the charges. He instantly offers to burn his graduation cap (宀) as a sacrifice (祭), hoping to appease the undercover agent.
variant of 察[cha2]
words / speech / to say / to talk

= + + : The horizontal lines look like sound waves that emerge from an opening: I'll resemble 言 by a megaphone.

= + + : Maud Younger rushes into anthill and in the kitchen she uses a megaphone to loudly announce that the world revolution will soon start. She also tells the people that she has berets for everyone so that everyone will be able to be in style for the revolution. However she doesn't tell that she prepared the berets in another way: to each beret, she attached a mandarin via two capacitors which forms a formidable antenna, so that after the revolution, she'll be able to transmit her speeches directly to the wearers' brains.
surname Guan
to look at / to watch / to observe / to behold / to advise / concept / point of view / outlook

= + : In front of the anthill several surveillance cameras are closely observing Gitta Giraffe's boxing training progress. She also closely watches the cameras and practices her punches until she is ready to box every one of them into oblivion.
Taoist monastery / palace gate watchtower / platform
color / CL:種|种[zhong3] / look / appearance / sex

= + : In the elevator's bathroom, Socrates watches a crane lick a beautiful lollipop. The lollipop features every color existing on earth.
(coll.) color / used in 色子[shai3 zi5]

= + : In the airplane, Sherlock Holmes watches the crane licking a very tasty lollipop. He wants to have it, so he challenges the crane for it. The crane agrees to give him the lollipop if he can beat him in a dice game.

Words with 察言观色

察言观色 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 察言观色

察言观色 currently does not appear in any sentence.