crafty
Slippery, Chinese idiom, Pinyin Hu á t ó Uhu á n ǎ o, means to describe people's cunning and dishonesty. come from
Idiom explanation
A person is cunning and dishonest. Also refers to tactful, not responsible.
The origin of Idioms
Lin Yutang's Ode to Shanghai: "and the city of those glib hotels and teahouses, Sanhu: you are really great and incredible!"
Analysis of Idioms
A thief's head is slippery.
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate, adverbial and attributive. Chapter 6 of Li Liuru's sixty years of change: "who doesn't know he is a slick hooligan."
crafty
gorgeously wrought -- colourfully and dazzlingly embellished - cuò cǎi lòu jīn
piled-up tiles and coiled ropes—redundant words - lěi wǎ jié shéng
Under the heavy reward, there must be brave men - zhòng shǎng zhī xià,bì yǒu yǒng fū
so beautiful as to cause the flowers to blush and the moon to hide -- an incomparable beauty - xiū huā bì yuè