| 釋義 |
掉三寸舌diào sān cùn shéwag one’s tongue/go about selling an idea; go about drumming up support for sth; go canvassing
? 且酈生一士，伏軾掉三寸之舌，下齊七十余城。(《史記·淮陰侯列傳》2620) Li Yiqi,a single orator,just by bowing from his carriage and wagging his tongue,has made the seventy-odd towns of Qi surrender. |