油嘴 (yóuzuǐ) · glib, smooth-talking, silver-tongued

Meanings

HSK 6

他是个油嘴的推销员，说什么都能让人相信。

Tā shì gè yóuzuǐ de tuīxiāoyuán, shuō shénme dōu néng ràng rén xiāngxìn.

He is a glib salesman who can make people believe anything he says.

HSK 7-9

别听他油嘴滑舌的，说的都是假话。

Bié tīng tā yóuzuǐ-huáshé de, shuō de dōu shì jiǎhuà.

Don't listen to his smooth talk, everything he says is false.

usage

油嘴 often combines with 滑舌 to form 油嘴滑舌, meaning 'glib and slippery-tongued'. The oil (油) metaphor evokes something slippery and untrustworthy.

memory

Think of 油 (oil) + 嘴 (mouth) = an oily mouth, slippery words you can't quite grab hold of.

油 yóu

嘴 zuǐ