chàng
hóng
liǎn

idiom

Meaning of 唱红脸

唱红脸 means play the red-faced role; act the nice/congenial person. Pronounced chàng hóng liǎn.

  • play the red-faced role; act the nice/congenial person

Definitions & Examples

liǎ
chàng
hóng
liǎn
 
chàng
bái
liǎn
 
pèi
de
tǐng
hǎo
 

The husband and wife work well together, with one playing the good cop and the other playing the bad cop.

Zài
tán
pàn
zhōng
 
zhǔ
yào
chàng
hóng
liǎn
 
zhēng
duì
fāng
de
xìn
rèn
 

In the negotiation, he mainly plays the role of the nice person to win the other party's trust.

Jiào
hái
zi
néng
dōu
chàng
hóng
liǎn
 
gāi
yán
de
shí
hou
yào
yán
 

You can't always be the nice guy when educating children; you need to be strict when necessary.

Zhè
tuán
duì
zǒng
děi
yǒu
rén
chū
lái
chàng
hóng
liǎn
 
huǎn
xià
fēn
 

In this team, someone always has to come out and play the good cop to ease the tension.

Lǎo
bǎn
chàng
bái
liǎn
píng
yuán
gōng
 
jīng
jiù
chàng
hóng
liǎn
ān
wèi
jiā
 

The boss plays the bad cop and criticizes the employees, while the manager plays the good cop and comforts everyone.

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