crafty

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."