削尖脑袋往里钻
xiāo​jiān​nǎo​dai​wǎng​lǐ​zuān

to worm one's way in

  • created sense approved 削尖脑袋往里钻/削尖腦袋往裡鑽 · xiāo​jiān​nǎo​dai​wǎng​lǐ​zuān · to worm one's way in — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    削尖脑袋往里钻 / 削尖腦袋往裡鑽

    xiāo​jiān​nǎo​dai​wǎng​lǐ​zuān

    to worm one's way in

    To use every possible means to squeeze into a group or position; to be obsessed with networking or social climbing for personal gain.

    xiāo​jiān​nǎo​dài​wǎng​lǐ​zuān

    削尖脑袋 (literal) → 削尖脑袋/削尖腦袋 · xiāo​jiān​nǎo​dai · to worm one's way into 往 (literal) → 往 · wǎng · toward 里 (literal) → 里/裡 · lǐ · inside 钻 (literal) → 钻/鑽 · zuān · to curry favor

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense