讨好 tǎohǎo HSK7 ingratiate Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 讨好 (討好) tǎohǎo ingratiate verb to win favor by fawning on someone or acting in a way intended to please them 他总是想方设法讨好老板。 tā zǒngshì xiǎngfāngshèfǎ tǎohǎo lǎobǎn. He is always trying to curry favor with his boss. get results verb to obtain a desired or fruitful outcome to reward one's labor 这件工作真是费力不讨好。 zhè jiàn gōngzuò zhēn shì fèilì bù tǎohǎo. This task is a thankless job that requires a lot of effort. Frequency Movie subtitles 5.31 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 5.64 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
讨好 (討好) tǎohǎo ingratiate verb to win favor by fawning on someone or acting in a way intended to please them 他总是想方设法讨好老板。 tā zǒngshì xiǎngfāngshèfǎ tǎohǎo lǎobǎn. He is always trying to curry favor with his boss. get results verb to obtain a desired or fruitful outcome to reward one's labor 这件工作真是费力不讨好。 zhè jiàn gōngzuò zhēn shì fèilì bù tǎohǎo. This task is a thankless job that requires a lot of effort. Frequency Movie subtitles 5.31 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 5.64 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
