笑里藏刀 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 笑裡藏刀 xiàolǐcángdāo ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄘㄤˊ ㄉㄠ lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom) friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions when the fox preaches, look to the geese Character by character 笑(xiào)laugh 里(lǐ)lining 藏(cáng)conceal 刀(dāo)surname Dao A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0