见人讲人话，见鬼讲鬼话

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 见人讲人话，见鬼讲鬼话 – see 見人講人話，見鬼講鬼話 (“speaking the language of humans when seeing a human, and speaking the language of devils when seeing a devil; to be flexible and know what to say in different situations and to different people; to be crafty and two-faced”). (This term, 见人讲人话，见鬼讲鬼话, is the simplified form of 見人講人話，見鬼講鬼話).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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