八面玲珑

be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)

Characters and words in 八面玲珑

eight; 8

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: an eight-ball.

Beelzebub (b-) wants to find new ways to lure people into playing pool billiard. To this end he is meditating on top of an eight-ball (八) in front of the Ashram (a1). He uses a finger (㇏) and a banana (丿) as incense to create the right atmosphere.
face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a spray flask with one of these liquids which make a surface super slippery.

In the anthill's bathroom (an4), Marilyn Monroe (mi) wants to set up a wind wheel (丆) on top of a closet (囬). Just as she tries to fix it she slips and falls down, the wind wheel crashing on the floor. She didn't notice that somebody used a can of non-stick coating (面) on the closet's surfaces (面).
variant of 麵|面[mian4]
flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless
(onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑) / tinkling of gem-pendants

= + : As Li Qingzhao (li) is exiting engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) she is stopped by Martin Luther King (王) who noticed a strange ting-a-ling sound (玲) from Qingzhao's backpack. Qingzhao denies him to have a look in her backpack, but as Martin shows her his Ling Pai (令) she will have no choice but to comply.
(onom.) clink of jewels / exquisite / detailed and fine / clever / nimble
tinkling of gem-pendants

Words with 八面玲珑

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Sentences with 八面玲珑

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