Flattery makes color

Flattery makes color

Flattery is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is ch ǎ NC í L ì ngs è, which means to flatter others and act as an expression to please others. From the annals of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It means to please others

The origin of Idioms

In the 80th chapter of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, "Gou Jian was a man-machine insurance, but now he is a fish in the pot. He ordered the officials to make flattery and color, so as to avoid punishment."

Idiom explanation

Say flattering words and act as a flattering expression.