軽けい薄はく才さい子し

noun

shallow, glib, and obsequious person

A yojijukugo describing someone who is superficially clever and smooth-talking but lacks depth, often flattering others for personal gain.

• 彼かれは軽けい薄はく才さい子しで、上じょう司しの前まえではいつもお世せ辞じばかり言いっている。

  He is a shallow, glib flatterer who always says nothing but flattery in front of his boss.

• あの政せい治じ家かは軽けい薄はく才さい子しに過すぎず、本ほん当とうの政せい策さくは何なにもない。

  That politician is nothing more than a shallow, smooth-talking sycophant with no real policies.