「見人講人話，見鬼講鬼話」
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| Pronunciation： | gin3 jan4 gong2 jan4 waa2 gin3 gwai2 gong2 gwai2 waa2 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
見 to meet; to see; to experience; to feel; to consider; to regard 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person 講 to say; to talk; to tell; to speak; to emphasise 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person 話 to say; to talk; to tell; to scold mildly; to blame; to opine; to think; to consider; to feel that; speech 見 to meet; to see; to experience; to feel; to consider; to regard 鬼 ghost; spirit; traitor; the rat; joker; awful; dreadful 講 to say; to talk; to tell; to speak; to emphasise 鬼 ghost; spirit; traitor; the rat; joker; awful; dreadful 話 to say; to talk; to tell; to scold mildly; to blame; to opine; to think; to consider; to feel that; speech |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
to try to please everybody; to adapt one's manner to the people one is with; to have many faces; to be insincere; literally: meeting a human one speaks human language, meeting a ghost one speaks ghost language
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